So expensive, I wish we had other options. I have had so many bad experiences with other providers though, this seems like the least bad option. We chose them over Dish Network because of better sports programming. However, Dish's DVR records programs much better than this one. Outage due to weather does not seem better or worse than Dish. read more

Impossible to record programs remotely on Iphone, Ipad, or PC. DirecTV chat and human help are the worst on the planet. Wasted more than two hours with the usual polite foreigners who are completely useless. Considering the obscene cost I pay for programming every month, AT & T should be ashamed. I wish I could give zero stars read more

Call customer service 4 times after 25 years we are done! Hung up on 4 times told not to call back! Charging for wifi among other things.

Terrible customer service. They will say anything to keep your business. They will also tell you there is no cost or commitment for installation until you want to cancel, then they will tell you signed up for a multi year agreement and it will cost you to cancel. Terrible business practices. read more

I cannot wait to end my contract with this company! It truly deserves 0 stars! They have cheated me out of so much money. I cannot describe the greed of this company with their horrible service and constant increases in pricing. The channel dropping is so inconvenient and there's always a big increase following negotiations! First, I was told there'd be a $6 increase and recently it was $7! The package I'm paying for has very limited programming and basically only 4 channels I watch. Once I leave, I'm NEVER coming back!! read more

Direct TV Lied to both my husband and me A time was set up with a technician to come fix our connections on Saturday, September 21 between 4-8 PM. We changed all our plans in order to be home. At 4:15 I received a call telling me that our appointment had been cancelled and then my husband received a call saying that I had cancelled the appointment. I did no such thing. I was then told that all the technicians had gone home, and no one was available to come to our home. The appointment was set for between 4-8 but at 4:15 they had all gone home? What? I spent 2 hours and 38 minutes on the phone with three different CSR's including a supervisor who repeatedly read off a script to tell me that they only thing they could do was reschedule an appointment for 4 days later. I am still waiting. In addition, the CSR and technical department completely offended me assuming that because I am a woman that I didn't check the connection, and today (Monday) I just received another call asking the same thing. I am not STUPID. I have had to take the day off work with a client in order to be here for the technician on Tuesday. All I was offered was a $60 credit. This is unacceptable. I heard every excuse they could come up with on the script. It was comical that they couldn't really tell me the truth and no one had authority to make exceptions. I wish I had an alternative. One CSR actually told me I should buy a SMART TV. I would be happy to with the credit they should be giving us. I am very unhappy. Date of experience: September 21, 2024 Edit Reply from DIRECTV 7 hours ago Julia, we apologize for this experience and appreciate your feedback. Please connect with us so we can escalate this issue. DIRECTV Facebook: https://facebook.com/directv/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/directv/ X: https://x.com/DIRECTVhelp Community Forums (post a question for our team to engage): https://forums.directv.com/ So as you can see I received a response from Directv that asked me to respond to them. I did. This is an automated response. They have no one that reads their reviews and responds to them. They could not help me at all. As an update, I got a call again yesterday, asking if I checked the connections and the person again, made me feel like I was a stupid woman. I guess if I wanted a job where I didn't have to think, I only had to apologize as part of my job and I didn't have to come up with any solutions I would apply to DIRECTV. read more

We have since been calling for THREE WEEKS because we cannot log into our account online or into the app. We cannot see our billing or account information nor watch tv since we mostly use the service on our phones/iPads. We have called 12 times for assistance and help. We have reset our password and deleted and reinstalled the app. Today we were told this is a KNOWN issue with NO solution. Our 15 years of loyalty meant nothing when we were transferred to the loyalty department because they said there was nothing they could do about it. We have never missed a payment and pay for premium services. How can a company not have working services and still charge us? This is RIDICULOUS. read more

Switched from Directv dish to Directv stream. Oh they were so busy selling the product that they didn't say Directv Dish is a seperate company then Directv Streaming. So by switching I was charged $400 for bracking a contract with Dish. Be very very very afraid of Directv and AT&T. read more

Another channel dropped. No customer service email update or poll asking customers how they feel about removing channels. I guess the customer base doesn't matter anymore. Since you get to remove channels in contract with your customers, do we get to break our contract or say just add this channel at your expense. Of course not. Hey Directv, try doing what is right. read more

LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS A company doesn't get so many consistent one-star reviews for good service. If anyone is considering using their services, hopefully, these consistent negative reviews will help you make a decision to pick another vendor. LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS LIARS Q - What happens AT&T when you outsource and off-shore your customer service department? A - You get a lot of pissed off customers that will flock to your competitors. I am now one of them. Despicable treatment by a group of totally untrained, uneducated, incompetent L I A R S First call 10/17 - This is where I lost 51 minutes of my life trying to explain an issue to their incoherent representatives. First Eileen who was totally useless. Then her 'supervisor', Jasmine who guaranteed me I would receive an email from someone on their tech team within 72 hours, Ticket #1-236907879796R2. It sounded far-fetched, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt. 10/24 - As anticipated, no response. Called again and spoke with Sierra who again, was of no use. I asked to AGAIN speak with a supervisor. After waiting for 1 hour 27 minutes (stupid me) with her coming back on the line every so often to assure me that the supervisor was coming, she disconnected the call. I guess that was her way of letting me know that a supervisor wouldn't be coming after all. Right back at you AT&T/DirectTV. Tomorrow, it's my turn and I will be one to hit the disconnect button and terminate your services. read more

I'd give less than one star if it was available. How many more channels are u-verse customers going to lose without seeing a drop in the bill. Mind you your shitty ass service doesn't even work 24/7 but now we lose channel 12 because you're too fucking cheap on your end. Fuck you people. Fuck your company. I refuse to have fiber optics and pay a premium for you to be a cheap ass company. You've lost a decade long customer over this. read more

I am SOOO glad this is the last year DirectTV has Sunday Ticket. The absolute worst customer service - it took me more than 15 to convince the first person I talked to I had an account with them AFTER I'd given him my account number. Talked to 3 people and none were able to service my account. The last guy I had to tell to shut up because everytime I got 2 words out he'd try to answer what he thought me question was. Most company call those that answer the phones "Customer Service Reps". I wonder what DirecTV calls theirs... read more

So far DIRECTV can't work an agreement with the Indianapolis NBC affiliate WTHR-13 www.wthr.com therefore any Directv and AT&T Uverse customers have been missing NBC programming for over a month. And during Premiere Month when all the new shows and new seasons start. I wouldn't recommend DIRECTV or AT&T Uverse to anyone as you won't get NBC programming or the channel that provides it. read more

I just contacted directv because I had no picture and a problem error. I was told that in 3 to 5 business days I will receive a cord which may or may not fix the problem. Needless to say this has been going on for around 6 months. But hopefully it will work but it in the meantime I'm sure I need to continue to pay my bill but I cannot watch programs for now. I am better off buying a fire TV and then I can watch what I want when I want. read more

For those of you who think that Directv is better on customer service, like I used to than Xfinity, you're wrong. They offer the option to suspend services for snowbirds which is really great. What they dont' tell you is that when you return, it will take them over a month to get you your directv bill and when they do, it will be wrong. I called about my bill, not because I was trying to get out of paying it but because I wanted to know why it took so long to get it and why my introductory discount for my 2 year agreement was not taken off of the bill for the first month we were back. The offshore CS rep couldn't really understand what I wanted and then put me on hold forever and said he was talking to a supervisor. He told me he would call me back, which he did. He then told me that they were writing off that charge since it was their billing glitch and he gave me an exact amount to pay. Nervous about this info, I called back a couple of days later to verify what he had told me. Good thing because there were no notes stating what he had told me. I asked to speak to a supervisor who was very rude and couldn't seem to help me much. I told him that he should listen to the recordings for that CSR for that day and see what he told me because customers don't appreciate being lied to. He told me he would do that and get back to me. That never happened. Fast forward to when I had my service moved to my new home. They sent out a really nice young man to ask if I had any questions. He sure didn't seem to know anything about any of this at all. Looks like they did take the discount off so I guess I should be glad for that, but if I tell a customer I'll call them back I do it. If they had Verizon FIOS in this area, I would switch tomorrow. I'm tired of everyone having offshore customer service and then they don't have any idea what they're doing. If you're going to move the business to another country, at least get them up to speed on how not to lie to and ignore your customers. I'm not paying an early termination fee to get out of the agreement, but I'm definitely not renewing. I am so disappointed with them. I just paid the remainder of the bill, which the supervisor told me I had until the end of May to pay, but they are blowing up my phone with their automated calls about how my bill is past due and they are going to suspend my service. What a joke. These people are beyond insulting. read more

1 star because 0 is not an option. Absolute worst experience ever. Loyal customer for over 5 years, never a late payment. Had to enter into new contract when moved. Service never worked with constant interruptions. Tried to cancel and stick you with termination fees. What a joke! Stay away from Direct TV. read more

I had service with AT&T UVerse almost since they started. I moved to an area that didn't offer UVerse so I switched to Directv. Horrible service, TVs would freeze up and bad lag times so annoying. The wireless boxes would freeze up every time I watched tv on them and then it would have to reboot. When it was time to move again I called to cancel and told the AT&T lady about how unhappy I was with Directv and if they offered UVerse in my area I'd go back to that. Instead I wanted to cancel and she told me she got the early termination fee waived. A month later I get a bill for the early term fee! They won't fix the issue and are making me pay $299! DONT GO WITH AT&T. read more

We have had Direct TV for more than six years and no longer have a contract. Our remote was not working and we requested a new one. The remote was sent quickly, but it did not solved the problem. The on/off and volume works, but switching stations is very intermittent. After three+ days of trying to get it solved and hours on the phone, all the advice we got is to upgrade or sign a new two year contract. It is very, very frustrating. We are now shopping for another company. DirectTV, this was no way to treat loyal customers! read more

Agree with other reviews should have a negative rating!! Directv offered a bundle with hughesnet and gave the number to contact hughesnet for internet service. They never came through with the bundle offer. They re-directed me to hughesnet who in turn redirected back to directv. Both company customer service representatives said it was the other company's responsibility I spoke with two to three representatives per call at each company. The last contact was a 21/2 hour ordeal that ended with being told to call the other company because they are the best to bundle ... without any honesty or customer service they should close!! read more

We had U-Verse TV and AT&T talked us into going with Direct TV. They made a very good offer so we did it. Up until two months ago we were happy with it. We did have some trouble with the dish in very bad weather. Now for two months it's nothing but trouble with the DVD player. We have to reset it every time we turn the television on to get our recorded programs to appear. It doesn't record most of the time. I called. They want to extend my contract! NO! They will change out the DVD player for only $200.00. NO! I DO NOT RECOMMEND DIRECT TV./ read more

We have a package including tv service, DVR, and hbo channels. Thank God the contract is over now so we can part ways and find something that works better! This company has terrible customer service and equally terrible service/TV quality. They are known for having the most HD channels yet NO STATIONS are clear. Granted we have a very large TV, but stations HD or not, come in grainy, choppy, and poor. If you DVR a program, it is even worse! Your program will be cut up, pixelally, and choppy. Many times only a portion of the program will record!! The same goes for watching TV in bad weather, rain, or even a cloudy day! The entire situation is so frustrating and I plan to not deal with it any longer!! The reviews online explain it all. Maybe when they revamp their service and overall quality, they won't need to worry about upset/dissatisfied customers. read more

Direct TV is just a bunch of thieves just raising your prices loosing your time in long phone calls that no one sims what they doing. I regret had wasted my money on them. They charge me over 300 dollars for two months and had ask for adjustments in my bill and to disconnect my service. i prefer pay the early contract fee than loosing more money with the Direct TV Thieves. DO NOT TRUST THEM! DON'T SIGN WITH THEM OR GIVE THEM ACCESS TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT! read more

Direct TV is crap, i feel like we are not getting our monies worth; we can't rewind shows or movies without them cutting off, we lose signal all the time, and when we try watching shows and movies on line, it gets stuck on "please wait for up to 30 second," and still doesn't start afterwards. This is a waste on money, i'm disappointed. If we were not under contact, we would cancel. read more

The internet service (through AT&T) is great, offering stable connectivity and a strong signal. However, the DirectTV programming is absolutely miserable - by far the most disappointing selection of channels I have ever had. There are a million sports channels, useless for me as I do not watch sports. There are also many channels that go off the air at different times, while others are paid programming channels with back-to-back hourlong "programs" selling the newest skin product or vacuum cleaner or sex toy. Then, you have One America News, a right wing propaganda machine, in addition to many 24/7 news channels. There are just a few channels that ever show anything worth watching, and usually I end up watching Everybody Loves Raymond reruns, or in my Amazon Prime account picking from my library, choosing free Prime content, and sometimes even paying to rent Amazon content because there is nothing at all to watch on DirectTV. Unfortunately, AT&T requires a yearlong commitment to DirectTV, which is not surprising now that I see how terrible the programming is. I have buyer's remorse and if it weren't for the contract, I would have cancelled very quickly. read more

Worst company in HISTORY!!! I would never recommend them to anyone! We had them for 8 yrs, never was late on a payment, and had top of the line everything!! We were no longer in contract so we opted to try a cable company. Next thing I know, they r charging us a cancellation fee... That NO ONE informed us of and we should not owe. Can't talk to anyone in their dispute center because it doesn't even exist. It's a joke of a company. Don't sign with them!! read more

Terrible service can't get through on phone for technical support. News channels blank out. Conspiracy? All other channels working. Watch Fox News on iPhone and it was coming in. The anchors mentioned direct tv having problems getting them again this am. This happens quite often read more

Worst service ever. Salesmen lying to you giving you false information and then you're stuck with their horrible service. Live and learn I guess but they have the worst customer service departments I've ever interacted with read more

This is what I read and what I have heard: * The bill is never what they say it will be. * Our billing did not reflect terms agreed upon... I spent an hour trying to get a straight answer to no avail. * What a rip-off! It will cost me another $400 to terminate that contract! * Some of the customer service people were very difficult to understand and only seemed to be able to read from their script..."Sorry for your inconvenience." without helping with a solution. * Constantly getting the runaround. Read all of this and more on Consumer Affairs then run and don't go there. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/cable_tv/directv.htm https://www.theindychannel.com/money/dont-waste-your-money/woman-can-t-get-directv-to-cancel-service read more

If you like waiting on the phone for hours then Direct TV is for you. What really ticks me off is they said they will be at the home at 8:10 and then even called to confirm we were there. At 12:40 they called and said they will wait 20 min. We had left to pick up the kids. I said we waited 4 hrs on you and you will wait 20 min on us. Ridiculous to say the least read more

Thinking about Direct TV - maybe you want to think again. These folks arrived late,did a bad install on Monday 8/26, and cut our phone, fax and internet connections and left. Couldn't get them back until 8/30 to hook up the internet only to find that to do so that they wanted to put up a second satellite dish. Not wanting a second dish we had to stop that install and stick with cable for internet. From the beginning, this relationship has been marked by poor or non-existant information from Direct TV, sub standard installation and the install wont be completed until 9/10/2013.. Lovely! The TV service when it is working is terrific but they are too busy to do a good job and they are way too busy to fix their messes. Paul S. Carmel, IN read more

Horrible experience. If something seems too good to be true, it usually is and it turns out what Direct TV offered WAS too good to be true. I signed a contract for 2 years with a monthly bill promised at approx $115. Almost monthly I had to call at the end of the billing period to dispute charges and argue my case for the promised monthly amount. The bill was never the same. Every call had me transferred to one or more reps with the promise that it would be taken care of. Now that I've reached the end of my contract and cancelled when I was supposed to, I'm receiving a bill via email for $159.17 and this is AFTER I've received two paper bills claiming I have a credit of 31 cents. After spending over an hour tonight with THREE reps, I was asked multiple times if I'd like to make a payment on my account. Which after speaking to the three reps I was told that I was correct, I owed nothing and the disputed ETF would be removed. I'm still unsure if it's been corrected. I will have to call again tomorrow to check as I wasn't emailed a confirmation that it was resolved. Absolutely horrible company who thinks that if given enough run around, the customer will give up and pay whatever asked. read more

Do not enter into a contract with them - you will regret it. They will continue to bill you for service well after cancellation, no matter how many times you call. Service during the slightest inclement weather will drop out EVERY TIME. Don't waste your money or effort. read more

At&t direct TV is a big money maker for them, but the customer doesn't get much more than an antenna can give you. Plus an antenna won't go out. I had 2 salesman come on to my property and sell me on direct TV. It will be cheaper I was told, when I combined Internet and tv. So at 56 yrs old I bought it. Nieve to the end I guess. An install person for direct TV showed up and hooked up the tv but I was told 12 to 4 pm for the Internet hook up. At 8 pm still no installer. I called at&t 3 times I time I was hung up on. The 2 other times they wanted to reschedule for 2 weeks away. Meanwhile I will be charged for my existing phone and Internet plus the direct TV and Internet. Good deal sure, but I'm not willing to spend my gas money for the month on this. My opinion I will ovoid direct TV salespeople and buy on my time not there's. AT&T is a business I grew up with but so go's that. read more

Being generous with a one I have been on pause for 10 minutes trying to watch a movie. Last 2 movies have done the same thing. Everyone mentions the weather but it is nice out and 4 am so there shouldn't be to much traffic and no sun spots read more

Originally had U-Verse TV with no real issues. Always great customer service, and all I had to do was call in to their Loyalty department to get re-signed up for promotions or Free HBO. Then I moved (to a neighborhood across the street btw) and am told U-Verse TV isn't offered in my new neighborhood and I'll have to get DirecTV. Okay, no biggie. WRONG. Worst experience with a cable company ever. Service doesn't work half the time. I call to do troubleshooting and they say they're going to send a tech out to fix. But that they're charging me $50 to have someone come out!!!! To fix their problem!!! At this point, I'll pay a cancellation fee to get out. This is no way to treat loyal customers. read more

OMG!!!! I knew we canceled this service before for a reason. The first time we had it whenever there was bad weather we go a bad reception. Now it doesn't even have to be bad weather the reception stops also EVERY recording there's always a freeze and skipping ughhh. If it wasn't for this 2yr contract it would have been cancelled. read more

My service is out In Nora , Indianapolis. Second day in a row local feed from channel 6 WRTV is not available through Direct TV. Not sure why this signal is affected. Not sure if it's Direct TV or Channel 6. read more

DO NOT USE DIRECT TV !!!! i had to move in the middle of my contract and was told there would be a $239.00 charge to Keep my direct tv and have it in my new home so i cancelled and was told i would have 30 days after receipt of final bill to pay the cancellation charge, now today they are telling me i only have 15 days to pay the bill instead of the 30 so once again i was LIED to by Direct Tv. Direct Tv is run by THIEVES WHO DO NOT CARE ONE BIT ABOUT THIER CUSTOMERS !!!!! Only what they can GOUGE out of you !!! read more

So tonight I found out (totally on accident) that we've been being overcharged $10 a month for the last 3 years. I called for the 3rd time in 24 hours to address a mistake made by an incompetent customer service rep and during the course of the conversation (over an hour) realized that we were being overcharged. After doing some research, I realized it had been happening for over 3 years--- but the rep I was dealing with wasn't authorized to credit such a large amount to my account so he offered to transfer me to a supervisor. After 10 minutes, she got on the line with an attitude from the start as if it was OUR fault. After trying to speak with her in a reasonable and civilized manner for about 10 mins, I lost it and cursed her out. Guess who's searching for a new cable/ Internet provider in the morning. After 12 years of continuous service from my family, they've lost us for good. Unacceptable. read more

we have had direct tv several months now. when we ordered i asked a question about limits of programing(see uverse review) i was told that main box had 5 limit however additional boxes could tune to live tv independently. so we ordered. after install first night we ran into 5 limit. other boxes could not watch independent. i called tech support they informed me definately 5 limit(brother loves reality anything)they said and dis send me a separate dvr. so now we have 7 tuners overall in my room just 2, which almost always is enough for me. it is a 4 due to initial lie about service. read more