So I remember quite a few of you following my tip last year about how to lower your bills. That 12 month period is over as you see on your new bill. Good news is, I just got it renewed, so you can too.

Bad news is that in the first quarter of the new year the old boxes are all going to be obsolete. So, if you don't have HD boxes, you won't have TV through DirecTV anymore.

They are now offering free upgrades to the HD equipment so you may want to jump on it.

Their new streaming service DirecTV Now runs about the same for the package you have now with your loyalty discounts. This is still at least 20 bucks a month more than I am seeing at other streaming services like Youtube TV etc. More bad news is that you go back to ZERO as far as customer loyalty is concerned. I guess good news is that there is no contract.

Good luck with it...