Have you been hearing about the cable wars? I have -- and I've been laughing.
The Food Network taken off a cable system? Don't care.
Fox threatening to pull their shows off a cable system? Don't care.
I, you see, have a dish. I unplugged the cable about 4 years ago and have been as happy as a clam ever since. I not only get the same TV shows and premium channels that cable had, but I get DVRs on two TVs, the ability to record two shows at the same time, and... wait, what were the last two things again?
Oh yeah: better service and lower costs. I get THOSE because dish providers like Dish Network don't have a monopoly. Cable companies have a monopoly: Wherever you live, you probably get only ONE cable provider. So that cable company doesn't have to care about YOU. You're stuck with them. They can charge you sky-high rates, refuse to carry some channels, never provide decent customer service, and you'll just have to take it.
Unless you switch to a Dish, that is. Companies like the Dish Network have to compete in the open market and that means they have to provide value or you'll switch. So they do provide value. Check out the phenomenal dish network promotions that are running right now: Free previews of the NFL Network. Free HBO and Showtime for three months. The specials keep on coming, with new ones added all the time.
The choice is yours -- finally. You can stick with cable, and hope that they don't just keep dropping your channels while charging you more. Or you can stick a dish on your house and relax while saving money.
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