{"id":4708,"date":"2015-06-09T17:23:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T17:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2015-06-09T17:23:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T17:23:29","slug":"rants-directv-please-stop-calling-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/06\/09\/rants-directv-please-stop-calling-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Rants: DirecTV, please stop calling me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6732,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/18458087300&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190116052600\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/18458087300\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 20:08:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-25 05:39:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 17:22:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-13 19:38:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-17 03:02:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-22 22:44:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 02:44:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 15:30:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 00:51:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-13 03:51:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 06:59:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 13:42:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 06:10:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-09 06:10:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;DirecTV Phone Spam&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/18458087300\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"DirecTV Phone Spam\"  width=\"553\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8874\/18458087300_efde45c28b_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, I check Google Voice\u2019s SPAM folder for numbers that are calling me after I had them blocked. I cancelled my DirecTV service 15 months ago and paid the early termination fee. At the end of last year, I asked them to stop calling me. Yet, twice a week,\u00a018663450281 calls my mobile (Google Voice Number) and obviously it\u2019s not ringing because I have the number blocked. Time to call them again and ask they stop harassing me.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sometimes, I check Google Voice\u2019s SPAM folder for numbers that are calling me after I had them blocked.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:28:20Z","apple_news_api_id":"ee08ff79-345f-4901-8c8d-f6e58d32042d","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:28:20Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A7gj_eTRfSQGMjfbljTIELQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rants","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1dW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7972,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/rants-directv-bait-and-switch\/","url_meta":{"origin":4708,"position":0},"title":"Rants: DirecTV Bait and Switch","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 11, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"November, 2016: Live a Little - $35 a month, 60+ channels Just Right - $50 a month, 80+ channels Go Big - $60 a month, 100+ channels Gotta Have It - $70 a month, 120+ channels July, 2018: Later this month, DirecTV Now will raise its prices by $5 on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rants&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rants","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/rants\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4710,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/06\/09\/rants-geico-please-leave-me-alone\/","url_meta":{"origin":4708,"position":1},"title":"Rants: Geico, please leave me alone","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"June 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I switched Auto Insurance companies last week. 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