Originally Posted by Unregistered:
"My power goes out and I can't use my Direct TV. I want Direct TV to credit me for the days my power goes out. "
Side note- my parents work for the cable company, and people actually do call and ask for this, and they do get the credit. Have always thought it was funny, but they'd rather throw the few bucks their way or give them a free on demand movie than get yelled at! 
When I lived in hurricane country if you could prove that your power was out for a significant amount of time (more than a week) the cable company would prorate the bill. I guess that this was a good PR move on their part.