Satellites and Rain, not a pretty mix!!

That's so odd...I've had Dish Network for about 3 years now and have never have reception problems due to weather....

I've had the occasional loss of signal (maybe 3 times in 3 years...). Oh yeah...there was that one time I lost signal...it could have anything to do with the power outage, could it??

 

point is that with cable for me there's only the occasional interruption, with dish there seems to be more but it also depends on your region.......

 

Yeah...but for less channels, I can pay $15 more per month...I can handle loss of service 1x/year for that!!! I just read a consumer complaint in my local newspaper who was complaining how often her cable was out...and she's paying so much more than my Dish!!

I agree it heavily depends on the area...

 

yes that's true, cable does give you less channels......

 

This point can be beaten to death but I suppose a person's definition of "occasional interruption" is key here. As I have said, I have been a DirecTV customer for around 8 years and I can count all of the weather-related interruptions on my hands and feet.

Nobody has brought up the point of cable broadband yet so I will. I can understand where a person who already has cable broadband access would be reluctant to get a dish, regardless of service (Dish Network vs. DirecTV). If they are happy with digital cable and are getting a price break by having broadband too then more power to them. TiVo "standalone" DVRs are available that do not have the DirecTV receiver built-in. TiVo now accounts for about 75% of the reason that I will stay with DirecTV.