Hello fikester.....nope, I'm not an old timer but I am a Directv customer. All I did was called their 1 800 number and told them I wanted to find out more about the Directv & high speed internet deal. They connected me to someone to help me. The lady said that they didn't have a bundled package for Directv customers who already had Hughesnet Sat internet but that what she could do is give me the $10/month discount off my Directv bill for one year. It took her a couple minutes and she said the discount had been applied to this months bill. Sure enough....we checked it online & $10 had been taken off the bill for this month.
There is a link on their website page to click & you can check to see what high speed internet services are available in your area. The only one available for me was the Hughesnet. If you've got Directv I recommend checking it out. Hey, $10 bucks a month for a year is a pretty good discount!!