Dish vs Cable

[coondog]

Moving to 30-A soon. I have heard absolute horror stories about local cable service. Is it really that bad, especially internet service? Is it true that if you go with Dish service, you cannot get the local CBS affiliate channels?

 

[gmarc]

i have both cable modem and dsl. dsl has been flawlesss and super fast. i don't use the cable modem as much but no real problems but mediacom cable is just horrid.i think cable is having a tough time with high def. i'm having the same problem with comcast at my main home. the signal is breaking up constantly.

 

[Franny]

Moving to 30-A soon. I have heard absolute horror stories about local cable service. Is it really that bad, especially internet service? Is it true that if you go with Dish service, you cannot get the local CBS affiliate channels?

I just spoke to Dish last week and I was told we would have all local channels, including CBS. Guess we will find out on Thursday.

 

[Red Dawg]

I have Dish, no CBS. I pay $86 a month, and have no pay(HBO,Showtime) channels. Have 250 total channels, but can't imagine cable wouldn't be better, just not available in my area. No problem with service, has to be a frog strangler to lose service, and usually only last a couple of minutes.

 

[Here4Good]

I just spoke to Dish last week and I was told we would have all local channels, including CBS. Guess we will find out on Thursday.

Keep us posted! That's the one thing that has always stopped us, so if you can get all the local stations and you are in Pt Washington, that's good news.

 

[Franny]

I have Dish, no CBS. I pay $86 a month, and have no pay(HBO,Showtime) channels. Have 250 total channels, but can't imagine cable wouldn't be better, just not available in my area. No problem with service, has to be a frog strangler to lose service, and usually only last a couple of minutes.

We were quoted just under $60....

Keep us posted! That's the one thing that has always stopped us, so if you can get all the local stations and you are in Pt Washington, that's good news.

I will let you know Thursday how it goes with the local programming. I'm so excited we have not had local networks in forever!!