I was going to get DirecTV installed today, until they got to the part of having to string cables through my house. The previous installer decided to use the existing wiring, but this installer decided he really wanted the stuff that meets their standards
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The choice I have at this point is U-verse or Comcast, and I know Comcast sucks.
U-verse's IP multicast sounds like the right thing to me, but I gather their compression is pretty aggressive. Then again, so was DirecTV's, and Comcast has been known to squeeze things down more than they should, too.
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vs.
http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&limit=20&search=comcast
(although strangely there is one Uverse article under the Comcast search)
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Installation was a modest hassle, but nothing you can't cope with. The installer has to screw around with all sorts of wiring leading to the house, especially if you're the first on the block to get U-verse. (If there's a locked utility cabinet, make sure you have a key.) Once that's dealt with, they played with the phone jacks a bit, though I can't remember why. You'll want to make sure those are accessible. Finally, my U-verse installer was able to reuse the existing coax installation intended for cable TV. That was nice and easy.
Activation took longer than I'd like, but the installer stayed until everything was working.
Feel free to ping me for more details.
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