DirecTV Comes Through
So double dumbass on the customer service chew toy who said that no supervisor could do more than he could to take care of our little hassle. The supervisor escalated things to an almost ridiculous extent getting a real live certified DirecTV employee installer with the blue and white truck and everything. His supervisor also showed up to make sure everything was cool. Within 1/2 an hour the dish was up, the switch was up, and everything was working. Go figure.
8am the doorbell rang. Apparently nobody bothered to tell the nitwit installer company that DirecTV had taken care of it and they sent their head technician to fix things. In the snow.
So, all is working. All is happy. The Psycho Sensei is pleased as punch.