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getting cable to a house 1/10 mile away from cable box

hello. l live south about 1/10 of a mile from a cable box. the problem is why can't at&t run a cable to my house so i can get their cable and internet? if you answer this email i will give you more info. thank you

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Whole neighborhood requesting unverse be available on our street it’s 1/4 mile away available!!!

I live in creola al and not even 1/4 mile away a subdivision has it. My subdivision has over 12 houses and only Mediacom internet we are all wanting unverse please consider adding this ASAP I gaurentee at least 9 of 12 houses will switch. Please    Bradley rd consist of houses built in 2008 and up w

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Quote: Originally Posted by solder_man  I didn't know that some of you tech guru's moonlighted as therapists..........LOL Actually it's more like furnishing a soft shoulder to cry on.  We also moonlight at giving technical advice, on occasion.

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Direct Tv website "IS FREAKIN TERRIBLE!!!!!!"

Have been a member since 1994 and the Direct tv website has gotten HORRIBLE!!!!. Very, very, very slow, navigation is terrible, ordering anything is a pain in the butt! It used to be so simple and fast and now they have done nothing but screw it up and make it worse. Get rid of all the advertising.

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The lighthouse is Five Mile Point lighthouse in New Haven Connecticut

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Screensavers

Loving the new screensaver pics we see on uverse in Dallas! Can anyone tell us what the pictures are of? There are 15 of them. We think they are all US pictures. One for sure is Texas bluebonnets. What about the others?

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A. This is a customer-to-customer message board.  No one from AT&T will see your post. B.  AT&T does not pro-rate your final bill.  I'm not aware that they wave the final bill for anything. 3.  The CEO of AT&T m

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I'd like this to be forwarded for customer service

I'd like this to be forwarded to the President of AT&T please. I've been a customer in good standing with DirecTV services for over 10 years. Recently relocated to an apartment that has a contract with Wavecable and would not be able to use DirecTV. I called AT&T to cancel my DirecTV

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We are rural. Our closest neighbor is well out of bluetooth range (1/4 mile at least).

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taiyilian.tec.src keeps trying to pair with my directv stream device

The message pops up and disappears in a fraction of a second. It pops up about every 30 seconds to one minute.  I've turned off all other bluetooth devices in the house and it still pops up.  How do I fix this? 

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my tv dish is located on my roof , how much wind will it with stand

I have a at&t direct tv dish on my roof will it with stand 150 mile an hr wind

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Thank you, my son who lives a mile away has it so I assumed I did. I look forward to it.

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UverseTV STB update without notice & drastic changes to On Screen TV Guide!

During last night's (10:25pm Pacific time Oct 19th) set top box (STB) firmware update, the Channel Short Cuts function for the on screen tv guide was eliminated.  That means you can NO LONGER view tv channels by category to see what's on at any given time, e.g. SPORTS, NEWS, VARIETY, MOVIES, LOCAL,

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Contact 800.531.5000 and explain the situation; you live well outside the acceptable 10 mile distance for returning at a store.

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return shipping label

I have cancelled my Direct TV service and need to return the receiver. The directions from Direct TV tell me to drop the receiver at any UPS or FedEx store. The nearest store is 40 miles away so I looked up "option 2" that says I can pack it myself and use the "included label" there was no label so

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Define regular antenna. To me thats a 10'+ long outdoor rig mounted outdoors with a properly rated pre-amp pulling in everything within a 70 mile range, and 100+ when the atmospherics are right. The cord cutting craze has turned the lava antenna and

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Channels removed from DIRECTV lineup (January 2017)

I am done with Directv!!! I pay alot of money to have your service and you pull this crap!! I am tired of you putting the consumer in the middle of your fight with the local stations without any compensation for the days that we are without local channels.  Lucky that the Patriots are playing on ano

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Good for you.  In addition I might add that you've gone the extra mile to help your fellow forum users, kudos to you.

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Whom had a successful installment?

I had a successful installment and I am very happy, yes even with another installer returning to complete the internet access.

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Thanks xyzzy. FWIW, all is fine now but it did last most of the day. Funny you should mention the tower; I live about 1/2 mile from it!

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KGO in SF (1007) picture breaking up

Channel 1007 (and 7) are breaking up frequently. And of course it's the channel with the Raiders game on! KGO in San Francisco. All other channels fine; did a whole house reboot and problem remains. Anyone else experiencing any issues? I know at&t has been having some noticeable problems around the

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My daughter who lives only one mile away got her update (San Antonio, TX 78258) I'm not sure of the exact date. Thank you for your response.

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U-verse opening screen

Several people have told me that their U-verse TV opening blue screen is now "beautiful" pictures.  Mine is the same old blue screen.  Tried restart.  Nothing changed.

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Am glad to say that the issues have been solved. Bernie from ATTU-verseCare even went an extra mile to help me out. So, Thank you, Bernie! DoctorC

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Customer Retention Department Complaints

We have been AT&T U-verse customers since late 2000s. Because we do not live in our house (Account: 104574072), we wanted to terminate the U-verse Internet service after the contract ended (which we believed should be in May 2016). For this service, we were paying $29/month including taxes/fees/surc

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Need “local” channels not ones that are over 100 miles away!!

We live in Saddlebrooke,AZ and the local channels we receive are for Phoenix which is over 100 miles away. In the past we had the local channels for Tucson only 20 miles away. WE NED AND WANT THE TUCSON LOCAL CHANNELS!   I was on the phone for over an hour today with customer service, my call was dr

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No nbc station for a month or more. I’m one mile from the. County line. They have different nbc there. Why can’t mine be replaced with that channel?

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Channels removed from DIRECTV lineup (January 2017)

I am done with Directv!!! I pay alot of money to have your service and you pull this crap!! I am tired of you putting the consumer in the middle of your fight with the local stations without any compensation for the days that we are without local channels.  Lucky that the Patriots are playing on ano

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Need Return Shipping labels

Can you please email me att Uverse return shipping labels. I don't have transportation to get to a store which is not one mile from my home. I need labels to affix to boxes so that I can get UPS, USPS OR  FEDEX  to pickup boxes.

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You’ll get a few that are 40-60 mile radius. https://www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html These only include CBS, DEFY, MYTV, etc.

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No locals in my area

I have Directv and i have no locals in my area, is Directv ever going to provide locals here in my area Brady, tx.

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Returnable receivers are taken to a UPS/FedEx store with your account info unless you are more then 10 mile from one in that case you need to call/chat and tell them that to get a box and return label.

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Direct TV equipment return

[Removed personal information] We received a nasty gram requesting return of Direct TV equipment. The letter said an "equipment return kit will arrive within 4-7 Days." The letter was dated December 2, 2019. We have not received a return Kit as of the 30th. We moved with the equipment a

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