DIRECTV does require phone lines for caller ID to work too.
They will fire employees if they don't hook up phone lines to the receivers, unless they are a cell phone only customer, if a home phone is used when signing up, its required. The customer service people at 800-DIRECTV, aere only trained in signing up customers and don't know what DIRECTV requires installers to do.
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DIRECTV does require phone lines for caller ID to work too.
They will fire employees if they don't hook up phone lines to the receivers, unless they are a cell phone only customer, if a home phone is used when signing up, its required. The customer service people at 800-DIRECTV, aere only trained in signing up customers and don't know what DIRECTV requires installers to do.