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Old 12-19-2010, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by natickdan View Post
I see that you have or will have Direct TV, so I thought I'd ask you where you have your dish installed? My issue with satellite is more about aesthetics. Perhaps I'm a bit anal, but I don't want a dish attached to my house. A short short pole behind my house would be OK. Although I would get my high speed internet through Comcast, I like the programming choices of Direct TV.

Your thoughts or, for that matter, any other opinions would be appreciated.
When I had my DirecTV installed this month, I didn't specify where the dish should go. They decided they wanted to mount it on a short pole behind my house. Then they said that would cost $75. I balked. They called someone and got the fee waived. I got my pole mount and free installation.

Someone else on this forum complained that DirecTV wanted to charge $75 for a pole mount and another $75 for a cable run from the pole to the house. Don't bite. Free installation means free installation (unless you live in a tree house or some other non-traditional housing unit outside The Villages).

So far, I'm very happy to be rid of Comcast and I really like DirecTV.
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