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"@hillbillyhoneyb \n \nLocals are included. But the service does not guarantee that any specific local will always be available. So as long as a single local is being provided, DirecTV is honoring the package. If no locals are able to be provided, then they have an alternate version of the package that is slightly less in cost. This is how it has worked in the past, AT&T did not change it.\n \nWhat is happening is over the last several years (starting before AT&T acquired DirecTV), local affiliate owners are pulling the feed more often in negotiations. And the current one with Nexstar appears to be one of the worst.\n \nWith a restaurant you pick and choose (al-a-carte) so if you see a hot dog for prime rib price, then you choose not to get that item. With a subscription service, such as a TV provider, it is all package based. So you choose the level of content that works for you. You can lower the package at any time, which has no affect on locals themselves as they are included in all packages. So your package is locals included, but what those local channels are can change at any time. Though normally it only changes during a negotiation where the owner pulls the feed. Once negotiation completed, then we have the channel back for however long they got a new agreement for.\n \nSorry to hear you cannot get good signal because of the mountains. Switching providers is not a permanent solution as they all go through the negotiations, and some have experienced where they hopped only to go through it all over again when it hit their new provider. What would really help is if the FCC would allow TV providers to have the option to provide either a local affiliate from another market (possibly a neighboring one) or a way to get a direct feed from the network instead. Unfortunately local affiliates are dug in hard for their markets so Federal regulations do not allow TV providers any other option."
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