Cable or Dish?

[RoadToad]

I have heard that some hard rains and wind can hurt the signal?

If your dish is mounted well, to where it's nice and solid, the wind shouldn't affect it. Heavy rain and snow do, though. When it snowed a coule weeks ago, some of it stuck to my dish, so I went out there with a garden hose and sprayed it off. It worked, and eliminated any doubts my neighbors might have had about me being nuts.

[Tyme2fish]

All of them will entice you with a teaser rate for the first year. Then when they think they have you hooked, the rates will go up.

I keep getting offers from all three (Dish, Direct, Insight Cable.) They all state price good for one year.

[pontooner]

With the Super Bowl coming up there should be some decent Dish/Direct TV deals out there right now.

This deal here http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1800049 was almost enough to make me jump ship from Dish to Direct TV but I really didn't need the TV so I passed. Don't know if the deal is still good or not but they don't get much better than that.


Also is your phone company different than your Cable company? Does your phone company offer DSL internet? DSL is often cheaper than Cable internet and if you can bundle your phone and DSL you can save even more.


With Dish and Direct TV there is a chance of whats called rain fade but it usually has to be a very strong storm to cause it. As long as the dish is mounted securley, no obstructions in it's path (trees, tall buildings..) and aligned proprely you shouldn't have the fade happen very often.

So with Dish or Direct TV setup and if possiable phone + DSL you could leave your cable co out in the cold.

[DJD]

I'm checking into that Pontooner. My buddy did that with Windstream and got Direct TV (I think) as a partnership bundle or something. He said the HD signal is stronger? I don't know about that but if it's as good a signal and cheaper? Heck thats what I'm talkin' bout!

[RoadToad]

Dish Network's satellite sits lower in the sky (closer to the horizon) than DirectTV's. I've heard that as a result, the signal is a little weaker and less reliable, but I really don't know. One other thing is, DirectTV is currently in a contract squabble with Versus, and as a result, isn't carrying their signal. DISH still carries Versus. I actually considered switching to DISH just because of that.