I called AT&T to “unbundle” my Dish Network account from my phone (oh lord, she still uses a landline???). Pro tip: don’t call anywhere close to 5pm. They will bounce your ass around until the “right” office is closed. No shit. AT&T, fix this.
Anyway, when I finally got the right people (the actual phone company people, oddly enough),the tech started to push U-Verse TV. she wasn’t horribly pushy, but she seemed really keen to get me to sign up. The reason why I don’t have U-verse TV now is that I was concerned about the whole home DVR. See, that’s awesome. DVR show sharing between rooms? Hells to the yeah! But that’s all it did. If you were in a room without the DVR, you had no standard dvr features. Need to pee? Can’t pause live tv. Cat jumped on your face and you missed a classic Walter Bishop line? No rewind for you my friend. That right there stopped me dead. I explained this to the girl and she said that an update was coming soon. Like by the end of March. Every receiver would be a proper dvr. Oh lordy, lordy, why did she have to say that. I am happy with Dish. I have grown to love my DVRs and external harddrives. But…but U-verse. It’s new. It’s shiny. I must haves it. So, I hacked up a quick and dirty survey over at survey monkey (thanks, Prof. Ngu!). Would you guys please take a few moments to answer it? I have NO ties to any of the companies, I don’t ask for any real identifying information, and sure I can get this info on forums, but this is my big chance to make a survey! (i get a little too excited about stuff on the ‘net)
So, if you have some time, take my survey. For the love of God, be as honest as you dare. You will not be hurting my feelings if you claim that Dish Network raped your dog and pissed on your roses.
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