Unfortunately the fine-print for the grandfathered deal was $25 off the listed price. We were never grandfather for the initial price itself. Technically they are allowed to increase the price and still claim they are honoring the grandfathered deal as long as their offering a $25 discount on the Go Big plan price.
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DirecTV Now Raising Prices for All Plans by $10/Month Starting in April
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Even if you're "sort of ok" with any of this right now and are a DTVnow customer, you should honestly just start looking for alternatives.
AT&T isn't going to stop this until they eventually get back to where their revenue was before.
They never had any plan to offer dramatically lower priced access to content in perpetuity.
It's always been a "capture people leaving and get them hooked hopefully - then raise prices" plan.
AT&T isn't going to stop this until they eventually get back to where their revenue was before.
They never had any plan to offer dramatically lower priced access to content in perpetuity.
It's always been a "capture people leaving and get them hooked hopefully - then raise prices" plan.
Super easy decision when I saw this.. dropped them this morning. I'll wait for the month to run out and then I'll head to youtube tv.. and when that goes up in price I'll drop live tv all together.
I pay 75 a month for internet, HBO, and Netflix. I won’t count Prime because I’d pay for that regardless of my tv options. I use an antenna for free local channels.
If there’s a only a few shows you really watch it might be cheaper to just buy them outright each season. Personally I just don’t want cable at all.
If there was a reasonably priced alternative I'd switch, but there's no alternative out there with the AMC, Viacom, etc along with all my local channels. Plus most other services change either $15 for HBO, or would require a $15 subscription to HBO Now compared to the $5 DTVN charges.
https://cordcutting.com/compare/live-tv-streaming-service-channels/
Any alternatives with a similar channel selection would require subscribing to multiple service, and cost more than DTVN in the long run.
AT&T knows that there are no true alternative, and are willing to price gorge their costumers as a result.
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I agree. They say that they grandfather people in at the original price - I haven't gotten the notice of price increase, so perhaps that is true. But if not for $10 more per month, I'll look elsewhere. Perhaps PSVue or something like that.
Even now it is too buggy. A quarter of the time I get a message that it isn't permitted in my geographical area. If I turn on LTE, start it and switch back to wifi, it works. Crazy stupid. Also, many times the "record series" doesn't actually work which makes it pretty useless.
All-in-all, I'd stick with it at the current price for a little longer to see if they fix it, but at a higher price, I'd just switch to something else since it isn't worth it.
That's the point though. It used to be you'd pay $200 a month for cable and internet, then we were just paying $75 a month for internet and now we're paying $125 for Netflix, Hulu, DirecTV, YouTube Premium and iTunes.
the media companies are still getting our money.
It's almost like they knew exactly what they were doing and have now even outsourced the content delivery costs onto the customers (Internet connection).
They are laughing all the way to the bank.
They probably secretly love cord cutting and are putting on a PR face of hating it and fighting it just to fool people into thinking they are "sticking it to the man"...
When really "the man" is coming around the back side and doing the sticking..
Cheapest internet in my area is $66. I have an antenna, but my reception is spotty. I live in NYC (so my reception should be good), but there are a bunch of tall building around me that block out reception.
I literally have no other better options other than going back to traditional cable...
That fine print gets you every time. They just said grandfathered, so if that happens, it is disappointing. At least there is plenty of competition and if they don't get their act together, they'll lose plenty of subscribers.
I feel you, I wait until the season finale of Game of Thrones and subscribe to HBO for one month and binge watch the entire season, same with Showtime once a year for Billions. Otherwise, I'm fine with Netflix (paid for by T-Mobile), Hulu ($11.99 a month), and Amazon Prime (again I'd pay for it anyway). The most expensive thing is my internet, as I have gigabit ($73 a month), but I work from home so that's technically a work expense. If there's anything I really want to watch live, I go to a bar.
"It was reported in January that DirecTV Now lost as many as 267,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018"
It defies all logic to then raise prices again. I'm now paying over 40% more than I was 9 months ago.
I've been a customer since the very beginning and hadn't strayed because of the bonus channels I got from the initial sign up. But this is gonna be the final straw. I hope they enjoy their 100% of $0 dollars rather than what I was paying them.
It defies all logic to then raise prices again. I'm now paying over 40% more than I was 9 months ago.
I've been a customer since the very beginning and hadn't strayed because of the bonus channels I got from the initial sign up. But this is gonna be the final straw. I hope they enjoy their 100% of $0 dollars rather than what I was paying them.
The only way I can see to stop the tide of rising prices is to stop subscribing to so many things. We cut the cord 6 years ago. We had Netflix for a few years and now Amazon only.
So we pay for internet access, Prime (which we would have anyway), and that’s it. Much cheaper than cable TV packages and certainly less than having multiple streaming packages with so much duplication.
Maybe it’s being a family with a very young child but who really has so much free time to watch so much video?
So we pay for internet access, Prime (which we would have anyway), and that’s it. Much cheaper than cable TV packages and certainly less than having multiple streaming packages with so much duplication.
Maybe it’s being a family with a very young child but who really has so much free time to watch so much video?
Eight months after DirecTV Now raised the prices of all streaming plans by $5/month to stay in line with the market, the company is this week warning customers that it's increasing the prices again, this time by $10/month across the board. The company will reportedly begin implementing this price hike in the next billing cycle for customers, starting in April (via Cord Cutters News).
This means that DirecTV Now's basic "Live a Little" tier will rise from $40/month to $50, "Just Right" will increase from $55/month to $65, "Go Big" will increase from $65/month to $75, and "Gotta Have It" will increase from $75/month to $85. The Spanish language Todo y Más package will also increase from $45/month to $55. There will be no changes to channel availability in these plans.
In addition to all of this, DirecTV Now is introducing two new plans that will be available to new customers signing up for the service, instead of the five previously mentioned plans. These new plans are "DirecTV Now Plus" ($50/month for 40+ channels) and "DirecTV Now Max" ($70/month for 50+ channels). While the new plans include HBO at no additional charge, they are missing a number of channels from the previous plans including ones from Viacom, Discovery, A&E, and AMC.
New customers will only see these two new plans, but it appears that anyone signed up for DirecTV Now on one of the five original plans will be able to keep their subscriptions intact, albeit at a $10 higher monthly price tag.
As a point of comparison, the new DirecTV Now Plus plan priced at $50/month compares directly to the Live a Little plan at its new $50/month cost, but the number of channels available is different. New customers signing up for DirecTV Now Plus will get 40+ channels, while existing customers get 65+ channels for the same $50/month price. This information can be seen on a screenshot of DirecTV Now's price comparison charts (via Reddit).
It was reported in January that DirecTV Now lost as many as 267,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018, attributed to the closure of several discount bundles that were heavily featured on the service's website, including the popular Apple TV bundle. This month, DirecTV Now gained support for Apple's TV app, allowing users to sync their TV shows watched in DirecTV Now with the Up Next list in the TV app.
Article Link: DirecTV Now Raising Prices for All Plans by $10/Month Starting in April
All these streaming plans will constantly raise their prices to the point that it’s not worth going with them, when I come home I do t want to have to worry about fiddling with the internet or streaming services
This is just going to push people back to piracy. A $15 price hike in one year is ridiculous. With the addition of multiple upcoming streaming services coming too with mostly different content, it won’t be cost effective anymore. Corporate greed at it as always.
Now that mergers and acquisitions are over, the inevitable "taxing" the customer has begun.
Real hoping here - a streaming service by TiVo. Something that will allow physical time shift with user controlled "delete" of recordings.
Real hoping here - a streaming service by TiVo. Something that will allow physical time shift with user controlled "delete" of recordings.
Plus the $60-$80 for internet. Cut the cord they said...
Eight months after DirecTV Now raised the prices of all streaming plans by $5/month to stay in line with the market, the company is this week warning customers that it's increasing the prices again, this time by $10/month across the board. The company will reportedly begin implementing this price hike in the next billing cycle for customers, starting in April (via Cord Cutters News).
This means that DirecTV Now's basic "Live a Little" tier will rise from $40/month to $50, "Just Right" will increase from $55/month to $65, "Go Big" will increase from $65/month to $75, and "Gotta Have It" will increase from $75/month to $85. The Spanish language Todo y Más package will also increase from $45/month to $55. There will be no changes to channel availability in these plans.
In addition to all of this, DirecTV Now is introducing two new plans that will be available to new customers signing up for the service, instead of the five previously mentioned plans. These new plans are "DirecTV Now Plus" ($50/month for 40+ channels) and "DirecTV Now Max" ($70/month for 50+ channels). While the new plans include HBO at no additional charge, they are missing a number of channels from the previous plans including ones from Viacom, Discovery, A&E, and AMC.
New customers will only see these two new plans, but it appears that anyone signed up for DirecTV Now on one of the five original plans will be able to keep their subscriptions intact, albeit at a $10 higher monthly price tag.
As a point of comparison, the new DirecTV Now Plus plan priced at $50/month compares directly to the Live a Little plan at its new $50/month cost, but the number of channels available is different. New customers signing up for DirecTV Now Plus will get 40+ channels, while existing customers get 65+ channels for the same $50/month price. This information can be seen on a screenshot of DirecTV Now's price comparison charts (via Reddit).
It was reported in January that DirecTV Now lost as many as 267,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2018, attributed to the closure of several discount bundles that were heavily featured on the service's website, including the popular Apple TV bundle. This month, DirecTV Now gained support for Apple's TV app, allowing users to sync their TV shows watched in DirecTV Now with the Up Next list in the TV app.
Article Link: DirecTV Now Raising Prices for All Plans by $10/Month Starting in April
I signed up on day one. Grandfathered $35/month for Go Big. The day they increased the price was the day I cancelled and haven’t looked back. I’m using YouTube TV currently for $40/month. If they increase the price, I’ll go without live TV service.
No matter where you turn, either the selection is minuscule, or as some others have said, the price is comparable to the cable companies, not counting all the junk fees.
I think people need to realize, that offering content at the grandfathered price for everyone, is not sustainable for the company. The same goes for Sling and the other smaller streaming companies.
The value is there for grandfathered subscribers, if one wants or needs a lot of channels and the streaming is reliable. As it is, I believe a lot of people don't watch most of what is offered, (channel wise) due to no interest or poor programming.
If people don't want to pay the prices that the various companies are asking, they need to setup their own home server with lots of movies and shows, and be content cycling through the server selection.
Well, I’ve been a day one DTVNow subscriber, but this was it for me. Not only that, but I was already receiving HBO free as an AT&T subscriber, so this is literally jacking up my rate by $10, taking away channels (I was grandfathered in to the Go Big package for $40/mo), and giving me absolutely nothing in return.
I just cancelled. I’ll keep the free HBO from AT&T, but they can shove off with their DirecTV Now plans. I don’t even know that I’ll replace it with anything like YouTube or Hulu’s options. I may just see how I fare for a while with only the streaming services and no live TV at all.
I just cancelled. I’ll keep the free HBO from AT&T, but they can shove off with their DirecTV Now plans. I don’t even know that I’ll replace it with anything like YouTube or Hulu’s options. I may just see how I fare for a while with only the streaming services and no live TV at all.
Depends on the package. Taken from a thread on r/directvnow
The linked schedule, which has since been removed from the DTVNOW website, had the main Discovery channel listed out of order.
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