About 2 months ago, we cancelled our cable service because their rates were going to increase on us about $20 a month, making basic cable over $60 a month. Since cable companies are basically a monopoly, our only option was a satellite dish. We did some research and found that we basically had two choices: Dish Network or DirectTV.

After doing more research, it was very clear to us that Dish Network was a lot better for us because of the channel quality they were offering in the price range we wanted. Dish Network offerred more channels for less than DirectTV.

Contrary to our once-held belief that satellite TV is unreliable and suffers from frequent outtages, it does not. In fact, in the two months we’ve had it, it has not gone out once! We have two DVR and three receivers and we are only paying $66 a month, total! Cable was going to be $65 with one DVR, less channels, plus all of the other taxes.

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