Satellite vs. Cable

[yearbook50]

We have Satellite at work in the breakroom, but I have cable at home.
I love the extra channels that Satellite gives but it annoys me that every time it snows more than an inch or two, rains or is really windy we dont get any picture at all. This is with DirectTV.

Plus I have a really good rate for cable including my internet. $66.52 including taxes gets me 75 channels plus the fastest internet Charter gives.

 

[kbkids]

You know, it has to be certain areas where the satellite can't get a good signal or something because we rarely lose a signal - even with huge thunderstorms. I was outside putting up Christmas lights last year, and a cable salesman was going through the neighborhood. He was stopping at the houses with satellite dishes. I'm the sixth house down from the neighborhood entrance, and when he got to our house, he came over to talk to me. I told him that I was very happy with our satellite system and wasn't interested in switching back. He stopped for a minute and then asked, "Do you have any problems with losing a signal in bad weather?" When I said no, he thanked me, got in his car and left the neighborhood. Our neighborhood goes WAY back, so apparently, he figured this wasn't going to be an area he would be able to sell the cable back to and didn't bother trying.

 

[tiff211]

For the day crowd.....

 

[Planogirl]

Funny but we used to lose our cable service a lot. We have lost the satellite during really nasty weather but it's rare. (Of course, rain has been rare around here too but that's another issue!) I like the satellite and I didn't expect to.

Oh, we have Dish Network.