[BuffaloDenny]

This was off topic in another thread, so I thought I'd ask on it's own. I live in Chicago, and besides being a current D* customer I am also an existing AT&T DSL customer. I am hearing rumblings from some that you can bundle these two services together onto one bill, and receive a monthly discount on one or both services for bundling. My understanding is the one bill comes from your DSL provider. If that's true, I also wonder if you sign up for paperless billing on D*'s website if you could still see all the account detail.

Is anyone in Chicago currently doing this or able to shed light on the subject? It may be different for different areas of the country. Several calls to both D* and AT&T have yielded little information. Both have basically told me it doesn't exist, but others on the board have said they're doing it. AT&T said they're partnered up with dish, D* once told me Verizon was their local provider (even though it's not available here as far as I can tell) and another CSR told me it's only for new AT&T DSL subscribers. I've supposedly spoken to their Telco group, so that didn't clear it up any.

Since I've already got both and am planning to keep both, if there's some sort of bundled package available I wouldn't mind a little monthly discount to help out these days.

 

[convem24]

Directv does not currently have a deal to single bill or bundle ATT service. Hopefully Directv will be able to get an agreement in place at the end of year since Dish has been officially notified that their agreement with Dish will not be extended today. So Dish and Directv will try to get an agreement with the country's largest Telco ATT.

 

[CJTE]

Bahhh!

If you call DirecTV, and ask to speak to their Telco dept, they'll give you the AT&T discount. Your bills will NOT be bundled, but they STILL honor the discount.

I just checked about 2 weeks ago.

 

[BuffaloDenny]

Bahhh!

If you call DirecTV, and ask to speak to their Telco dept, they'll give you the AT&T discount. Your bills will NOT be bundled, but they STILL honor the discount.

I just checked about 2 weeks ago.

I just checked yesterday and the day before, and was transferred to their Telco department, and nothing! They're willing to sign me up as a new AT&T customer to be eligible for a promotional monthly discount, but nothing for existing customers.

 

[Cable_X]

Something may be happening toward the end of the year -

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/media_nm/dishnetwork_att_dc

 

[CJTE]

As an existing customer of DirecTV, and a new customer of AT&T, I just called DirecTV, and was transferred to Telco dept.

The rep in Telco told me that all though they've stopped publicly bundling with AT&T, they can still give me the AT&T discount.

The difference is if the services are bundled, you get 1 bill. If they aren't bundled, you still get the discount, but seperate bills.

 

[CJTE]

From: Adam B********* (A*********@DIRECTV.com)
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:36 PM
To: C*******@gmail.com
Subject: At&t


AT&T (formerly BellSouth) is a regional telephone company (Telco). Effective Apr 1, 2008: AT&T will no longer offer DIRECTV bundled services to its Telco customers. DIRECTV will continue to sell AT&T DSL services.




· AT&T equipment offers are same as Direct Sales offers.

· Changes to sales order must be referred back to AT&T after original order has been cancelled.

· Use standard procedures to handle all other AT&T equipment calls.

Offer:
· AT&T customers eligible for $2, $5, or $10 monthly credit on their DIRECTV bill.

o Sign up at ATT.com.

o Credit amount determined by AT&T, based on level of telephone service.

o New customers also eligible for activation offers.

Price/Credit:
· Varies.

Dates:
· Ongoing.

Eligibility:
· BLS, REG account types.

· ACTV account status.

· DIRECTV & AT&T customers.

Commitment:
· No commitment required.

Service Requirements:
· $44.99 programming package or more.

Additional Equipment:
· Not Applicable.

Payment Options:
· Not Applicable.

Channels:
· Varies.

o DIRECTV continues to sell DSL services for AT&T (13-states) and AT&T Southeast (formerly BellSouth).

o AT&T will offer high-speed Internet service bundled with DISH Network.

o Business as usual for existing DIRECTV customers with AT&T bundle.

o DIRECTV and AT&T will continue to honor bundle discounts until further notice.

o Bundled discounts for DIRECTV programming will continue to appear on customer's DIRECTV bill, and discounts for AT&T service will continue to appear on customer's AT&T bill.