Mine’s working fine. I love my Direct TV. After I had to evacuate for Hurricane Katrina, and realized that I wouldn’t be going home for a while, I called Direct TV and told them to suspend my service until futher notice, which they gladly did.
When I returned home, my satellite receiver was in perfect condition and had not been damaged by the high winds. When I was ready to reconnect my service several months later, I called DirectTV and while I was still on the phone, my service was back up and running.
My friends and neighbors who had cable had to wait for months for the cable company to reconnect their service. Many switched to DirectTV rather than wait.
Good thing you didn’t have a chimney mount.
Directv cannot provide HD signals on a chimney mount. After 12 years of service, I had to switch to Time Warner to get HD.
The process getting there has been ugly.