I called DTV a couple of weeks ago and they had no discounts for ST. They quoted me me price of $250. The lady told me to call back at the 1st of the month when they might have new "specials", which I did. Again I was told that there were no discounts. I told the gentleman (nicely) that I needed to cancel my service immediately. I owed them 11 months on contract, so I would have to pay $220. I said fine. They sent my confirmation of cancelation email but never actually turned the service off. The next afternoon I got a call from them asking what the problems was. I told them about ST and the woman immediately gave me ST Max for free, and I wasn't even asking for the Max package. She then asked if they could help in any other way and I told them I'd like to keep the bill as low as possible. She gave me $10 off my bill, lowering the payment to $43 (pre tax) a month. She also gave me HBO, Max, and Showtime free for 3 months. Last night I'm flipping through channels and it looks like I'm also on some upgraded package because I've got a bunch of other new channels that I didn't have since I first started the service. The lady told me this was a one year contract, so not sure if this is an additional year or just the year I already owed them. Anyway, couldn't be happier!!