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Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo
Tom, I'd talked with Comcast late last year about how to temporarily suspend their services when we wouldn't be in TV and found it to be too restrictive for us to consider. Sorry you're having problems with them.
What we wound up doing:
TV (as in television) - We've got DirecTV here in OH. They installed a satellite antenna out back at our place in TV - no charge for standard installation. We bring our two satellite receivers with us from OH when we go down there, plug them in/cable everything up, make a phone call to DirecTV for them to "switch to our other service location", and presto - satellite TV in TV (!?  ), including the local channels from central FL. The sweetest thing is there's absolutely no change/increase in our monthly DirecTV bill. When we come back to OH, we take the receivers back with us, make the phone call again to DirecTV, and it's done. You can check with Dish Network as well - they might have the same type of option. As an aside, that "switch service locations" phone call is a little tricky to get the person on the other end to do the right "stuff" to make things happen correctly. Contact me if you go this route - I've got all the bugs worked out of how the phone call/process needs to works!!
Phone - We just use our cell phones while we're there. I'd consider doing the same (no land line) even if we were spending more/all of our time in TV. You might take a look at Vonage in more detail if you want a house phone - Ooma is a similar (though less costly option) as well. Both require an "always up" internet connection but don't require your computer to be running like Magic Jack does.
Internet - We're close to Seabreeze rec center so I usually run over there with my PC occasionally to get the free internet connection. It's aggravating but easy enough to accept since we're not in TV very often. Longer term, I'd take a look at internet connectivity via our cell phone service provider. Others on here who have actually gone that route can give you much better info on that option than I can.
Hope that helps!
Bill |
We are closing on our house in CT on Aug. 31 (fingers crossed). We are spending a few days in our Buttonwood home over Labor Day weekend. During that weekend, we are having our DirecTV installed on Saturday, September 3.
My question is about bringing our current DirecTV HD receiver/DVR to TV. We are flying into Orlando on September 2. I assume we can't take our DVR/Receiver on the plane.
Has any DirecTV user encountered this situation and how did you solve it?
Thanks in advance for your help.