There is no easy answer.
If you have two homes you can have one Direct TV account. You can turn off one and turn on the other. You can carry your receiver with you from home to home as some do. Or obtain other receivers.
I purchased my HD receivers and own them. No lease. But I do pay the for the monthly insurance.
The receivers are "dumb" and don't know where they are. So practicality - you can take a receiver anywhere that has a correct dish. If you want local channels away from home you have to telephone Direct TV to switch local channels. Such as NH to Florida as an example.
I get a $15.00 discount off bill every anniversary - as I call to cancel. Yes, to get the discounts you have to call and tell them it is too expensive and you wish to cancel. Then they offer the discounts. Same is true for Sirius XM.
My 2 year contract was done over 10 years ago. I started with Pegasus who had the original Direct TV contract.
But there is no easy answer for TV and internet. I pay cable company for internet. So add the two together and I am not saving much if any money.
Be careful though with Direct TV. Every time you change equipment and such a new 2 year contract may begin. I have to make Direct TV customer service READ me back that I am not under any contract - every time I change equipment.
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