On my DirecTV bill they charge a leased receiver fee and then credit it back. Note says included in base price or something like that.
I tried to find out which coast feed I will get under the new DNS policy. Guess what? DirecTV doesn't know. According to the CSR I will find out AFTER the change occurs, wow no kidding. Only then will they send me a letter and tell me which coast will supply my DNS service. Of course I'll know right away, long before their redundant letter arrives, when I turn on my TV the day of the change. The decision will be based on the billing address. In as much as my billing address is in South Dakota there was no way of telling because it's in the middle of the country. He did say that I may be able to chose but he couldn't guarantee that I actually would have that option. Telephone time wasted on DirecTV: 1 hour .. to know nothing more then I did when I started.
What a crazy way to do something, however it is the DirecTV way.