I would give up eating ALL TOGETHER if I had to give up broadband service.

I remember when I could not talk on the phone and go online at the same time. Alan would yell "Get off the phone, I want to go Online".

Well, lo and behold, Verizon DSL did a promotion in Brooklyn NY for $14.99 a month. We grabbed it, did the bundle together with the phone service and then later on with Directv for cable channels.

Now what can I say about Directv? When the sun is out, IT WORKS FINE.

When it rains all I get is 'SEARCHING FOR SIGNAL", unless they boost the satellite in the sky, then I get a good picture.

But usually if it rains, it goes out.

This does not happen with Optima or Cablevision. It can pour, you'll get a good picture.

HOWEVER!!! if you have IO which is tv, phone and internet all hooked up together, and the IO goes out, YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING, that means no phone, no internet, no cable, UNTIL THEY FIX WHATEVER MADE THE DARN THING GO OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Last week I could not reach my friend around the corner by phone. No matter what I dialed I would get something that sounded like "This number is not in service 33333", I looked at the phone and said "What is going on?"

So I figured I'd see her later that evening.

Well, her whole neighorhood was out. She has IO, I have Directv so mine is NOT hooked up to my phone, ONLY THE MONTHLY BILL IS BUNDLED TOGETHER, but everything works separately.

But everybody for a 3 block radius lost everything in their house for a good 10 hours. They were going nuts.

So if you have Dish, or Directv, expect that when it rains, you will see the following message on the screen (right after the pixels start misplacing).

SEARCHING FOR SIGNAL.

This used to drive me nuts, but then I just go on the internet and everything is fine, until it stops raining.

God I have to get a life!!!!

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