I am about to buy a slingbox for my place in KC and try to get rid of directv. I am getting the paid google internet, but I don't know if OTA reception will be good enough. I haven't had a tv in my place there for years and I'm getting rid of my house and moving into a condo for easier maintenance, so I have no idea about reception that I'll be dealing with in the new neighborhood. I'm limited to an inside antenna. I'm going back next week for the home opener and setting up the pieces to try it out then. I don't want to have to pay for tv there just to get rid of it in LA.

Has anyone done this?
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How do you get the student discount?
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Have a university email address.
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Oh, nice. Thank you!
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DTV fuckers are being stingy this year, or maybe I'm just unlucky. Subscription is up in November, so I called Monday and woman said they had "no deals on Sunday Ticket right now" that they could do for me and was ready to process my cancellation. I'm like, hold on, let me have another day or so to think about it.

So I call back yesterday, get a different chick and she looks at the notes from my Monday call and asks if I decided to stay with DTV or not so I'm like "it depends, I can't stay at the rate I'm currently paying" and she gives me the same line about not having any deals available! WTF

So I went ahead and processed the cancellation effective next Monday. I'm waiting to see if they have someone call me today or tomorrow to try to get me to stay (I've heard DTV does this sometimes after you cancel).

If not, I'm going to have my G/F who lives with me call and open a new DTV account at this address. I'm going to have her say we split up and I moved out and she wants to open an account now. Anyone tried that before?
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That should absolutely work and I applaud you doing this to stick it to those dumbassess. No reason it won't work, she just can't add you to the account to make changes. Good call and it's absolutely legal.
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That sounds like a good plan. They're always sending me flyers in the mail trying to get me to convert.

Some of those deals look incredible. 29.99 a month with free Sunday ticket for two years. Shit like that..
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Thanks. I'll let ya'll know how it goes. Want to get through this Sunday's games before I do that. So maybe I'll have this canceled Monday instead, then have her call Tuesday and see if she can get an installation date before Week 2. I'm assuming they can just use the dish we already have on the house.
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Depends on how old it is and the receiver inside.
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The dish was installed new last November.
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Then they probably won't replace it.
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Ahh, they are doing the same thing to you that they did to me!


Fuck em'. They lost a customer for 2+ years. I like Dishnetwork better in every way except the lack of Sunday Ticket, which I really didn't miss last year. (redzone channel FTW!)
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I'll likely have to send back the box though, right? I'm assuming they would give her a brand new one.
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Yep
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I hear you, but having Sunday Ticket is more crucial for me because I'm on the West Coast so it's really my only chance to see the majority of our games.
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