Satellite Tv Or Cable Tv - Which Is More Reliable?
For ten years I was a very unhappy cable TV customer. Despite the promise of great picture quality, I was never impressed with the reception I was receiving. Complaining to the cable television company never did any good. I was always told that everything was working just fine.
For me, cable television service meant frequent price increases. It seemed to me that they were raising the price of the service every few months even though the service was not improving and they were not adding new channels to my programming package.
I'm sure cable television has changed a lot since I was a customer about 9 years ago. Digital cable now provides a better quality picture and "on demand" service provides greater programming choices. One thing that has not changed is the frequent price increases. I know that because I still rely on service from the local cable television company for my high-speed Internet service since it is the only high-speed service available in this area.
When we moved to a new house almost ten years ago, I decided the time was right to try out satellite television and see if it was superior to cable. I decided to go with Dish Network since I preferred their programming options over the other satellite service that was available at the time.
When I first signed up with Dish Network I was very happy with the service and that has not changed at all. I am even happier with the service today because I upgraded my service to high-definition a while ago and I just love it. I have experienced very few problems with my Dish Network service - far fewer problems than I had with cable TV.
The cable TV companies love to make up stories about how bad weather can disrupt satellite TV service. Yes, it's true that bad weather can cause problems with satellite television, but in my experience this is a rare occurrence and it only happens with very bad weather, which we do not see very often. Don't let the cable television companies fool you into thinking that satellite TV service has a lot of problems with weather-related outages.
Even though the cable companies like to say that satellite TV is subject to a lot of weather-related outages, it's actually the opposite that is true. I was a cable customer long enough to see my share of outages when a traffic accident knocked a pole down or a bad storm caused a tree to fall on the wires and bring them down.
Since you do not have to worry about wires or telephone poles being knocked down, outages are less frequent, and more importantly, a lot shorter with satellite TV when compared to cable television. I can recall cable TV outages that lasted for days following a major storm. Sure, without electric power, you are usually not able to watch TV, but in my experience, the cable TV outages always lasted longer than the power outages, and if you happen to have your own generator, you can continue to watch satellite TV even if the power lines are down.
For me, cable television service meant frequent price increases. It seemed to me that they were raising the price of the service every few months even though the service was not improving and they were not adding new channels to my programming package.
I'm sure cable television has changed a lot since I was a customer about 9 years ago. Digital cable now provides a better quality picture and "on demand" service provides greater programming choices. One thing that has not changed is the frequent price increases. I know that because I still rely on service from the local cable television company for my high-speed Internet service since it is the only high-speed service available in this area.
When we moved to a new house almost ten years ago, I decided the time was right to try out satellite television and see if it was superior to cable. I decided to go with Dish Network since I preferred their programming options over the other satellite service that was available at the time.
When I first signed up with Dish Network I was very happy with the service and that has not changed at all. I am even happier with the service today because I upgraded my service to high-definition a while ago and I just love it. I have experienced very few problems with my Dish Network service - far fewer problems than I had with cable TV.
The cable TV companies love to make up stories about how bad weather can disrupt satellite TV service. Yes, it's true that bad weather can cause problems with satellite television, but in my experience this is a rare occurrence and it only happens with very bad weather, which we do not see very often. Don't let the cable television companies fool you into thinking that satellite TV service has a lot of problems with weather-related outages.
Even though the cable companies like to say that satellite TV is subject to a lot of weather-related outages, it's actually the opposite that is true. I was a cable customer long enough to see my share of outages when a traffic accident knocked a pole down or a bad storm caused a tree to fall on the wires and bring them down.
Since you do not have to worry about wires or telephone poles being knocked down, outages are less frequent, and more importantly, a lot shorter with satellite TV when compared to cable television. I can recall cable TV outages that lasted for days following a major storm. Sure, without electric power, you are usually not able to watch TV, but in my experience, the cable TV outages always lasted longer than the power outages, and if you happen to have your own generator, you can continue to watch satellite TV even if the power lines are down.