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Old 02-12-2016, 10:18 PM
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... The rainy season is May to Oct and it consists mostly of pop-up thunderstorms with enough intensity to knock out the signal for maybe 10 or 15 minutes. If you're familiar with Directv then you know most channels have two versions, the HD and the standard. For example if you watch TNT HD on channel 245, when weather strikes, bring up your menu and select 'all channels', then go the backup channel 245 and in most cases the channel will continue to be viewed but not in HD. When the storm ends, go back to HD. I would say the amount of loss viewing time might amount to an hour for the entire rainy season. It's also a good time to watch recorded programs on your Geni DVR.
One hour a season isn’t unreasonable, and since I watch too much tv it might be 2 hours for me. Also, I’ve had good luck with Century Link. I use them for landline and their DSL for wifi. I hope to use them in TV. I’ve had good luck with their DSL, reliable and fast.