Quote Originally Posted by Shooter45 View Post
I cancelled Comcast a few months ago and went to DirecTV for the quality and price. I went years without having cable and just streaming from Netflix and Amazon. The benefit of DirecTV, even though they have contracts, they allow you to upgrade to current specials or sales while you're still under contract. At least that's what my contract said and the installers told me the same. I'd watch for a special going on or one in the near future. Our contract from Black Friday, showed up to 4 tv's and receivers although we only needed 2. I'd call their customer service department and complain, warn them you'll seek other providers and usually with any company they'll make it right. At least that's been my experience.
Spoke with 3 different people including 2 levels of management and the only way we could add a new TV without extending our contract to 2020 was to pay $200 for the new box and $8 a month (even buying the box off of amazon would require a 2 year extension to activate and start paying lease). That's on top of paying $150 a month already, and they would not agree to give us any current discounts to extend. The manger's manager basically said to cancel the service (and pay the early cancellation fee) if I didn't like their policies.

I think they may treat people differently if they know you're in an area not serviced by a cable provider.