Dish Network vs Direct

[Mister Sin]

Does dish offer something like Directs Sunday ticket? Something where I would be guaranteed to see all the Rams games? I can’t seem to find a good answer online. And I don’t feel like calling them and end up on a list for shop calls.

 

[dieterbrock]

Does dish offer something like Directs Sunday ticket? Something where I would be guaranteed to see all the Rams games? I can’t seem to find a good answer online. And I don’t feel like calling them and end up on a list for shop calls.

No. Direct TV/ATT has exclusive NFL rights and is the only way in USA to watch games out of local network
Dish is just another satellite company

 

[Angry Ram]

Does dish offer something like Directs Sunday ticket? Something where I would be guaranteed to see all the Rams games? I can’t seem to find a good answer online. And I don’t feel like calling them and end up on a list for shop calls.

Nope. My parentals have had Dish for over 20 years now and the only thing close is the NFLN and Redzone Channel.

 

[Loyal]

Yep...Euro-free NFL games for me!

 

[XXXIVwin]

Does dish offer something like Directs Sunday ticket? Something where I would be guaranteed to see all the Rams games? I can’t seem to find a good answer online. And I don’t feel like calling them and end up on a list for shop calls.

DirecTv paid a ton of money to get exclusive rights to NFL Sunday Ticket, which is why they now extort their customers.

Being able to watch Rams games from home is awesome, but DirecTV will rape your wallet.

Honestly, going to a Sports Bar is cheaper.

 

[CGI_Ram]

Honestly, going to a Sports Bar is cheaper.

Even if you drink and eat at the bar?

 

[XXXIVwin]

Even if you drink and eat at the bar?

Lol, in my opinion, yes, it’s still cheaper over the long run.

DirecTV has been horrible in my experience, but I’m sure others have been just fine with them.

 

[dieterbrock]

Being able to watch Rams games from home is awesome, but DirecTV will rape your wallet.

I've gotten the ticket for free the last 3-4 years, and an additional discount on top of it.
Don't know why they just don't lower the price and stop giving it away

 

[Karate61]

I've gotten the ticket for free the last 3-4 years, and an additional discount on top of it.
Don't know why they just don't lower the price and stop giving it away

Sssssssh! Talk like that will screw it up!!!

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Even if you drink and eat at the bar?

If you are like me, and my family, we watch Netflix, YouTube and Prime mostly. So paying the monthly bill just to keep Direct TV so I can watch the Rams isn't worth it. Roughly $150 a month ( rounded up) x 12 is $1800.00 a year plus whatever you pay for the NFL ticket. Say another $300.00. So 2 grand for watching sports for me. We are cutting the cord. IId know Fire Stick has Yankees games, and ESPN. I have GamePass. The only thing that I can't find is BitTen channel, for PSI games.

 

[dieterbrock]

The only thing that I can't find is BitTen channel, for PSI games.

On my Apple TV, the Big 10 network and SEC Network are available on the ESPN app. Not sure if a subscription to ESPN streaming covers it

 

[Mister Sin]

I went with Dish. I can’t bring myself to pay the extra money for Direct

 

[coconut]

Direct TV is going to streaming instead of satellite. Does away with all the installation labor at subscribers homes and no more satellite costs. They will send you a box and remote in the mail and you will set it up on your wifi.

 

[Akrasian]

Direct TV is going to streaming instead of satellite. Does away with all the installation labor at subscribers homes and no more satellite costs. They will send you a box and remote in the mail and you will set it up on your wifi.

So rural customers will be screwed? Often rural areas have a hard cap on internet bandwidth

 

[Mister Sin]

So rural customers will be screwed? Often rural areas have a hard cap on internet bandwidth

This guy!!! Lol

 

[coconut]

So rural customers will be screwed? Often rural areas have a hard cap on internet bandwidth

I suppose Hughes Net is an option.

 

[1maGoh]

I suppose Hughes Net is an option.

Oh God don't do it.

I have both real reasons and selfish reasons for saying that. Just saying, I would not recommend.

 

[coconut]

Oh God don't do it.

I have both real reasons and selfish reasons for saying that. Just saying, I would not recommend.

Please explain. I only knew one person using it but they liked it. I'm thinking of it as an option for me in the future.

 

[1maGoh]

Please explain. I only knew one person using it but they liked it. I'm thinking of it as an option for me in the future.

I know one guy who has it but doesn't like it. His experience with their customer service has been bad and the service he gets isn't great. I haven't ever talked to a single tech (third party types with no affiliations) that liked dealing with them. IP communication was never meant to go into space, so there's some funky stuff that has to be done to make it work even half way decent. I had to run similar services in the Army and I have a slight bias against it because I've seen that type of technology suck first hand

Also, they have a division that competes directly with the company I work for. That's really neither here nor there, it's just the selfish reason.

 

[coconut]

I know one guy who has it but doesn't like it. His experience with their customer service has been bad and the service he gets isn't great. I haven't ever talked to a single tech (third party types with no affiliations) that liked dealing with them. IP communication was never meant to go into space, so there's some funky stuff that has to be done to make it work even half way decent. I had to run similar services in the Army and I have a slight bias against it because I've seen that type of technology suck first hand

Also, they have a division that competes directly with the company I work for. That's really neither here nor there, it's just the selfish reason.

OK thanks.