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Satellite or cable television?

Which do you prefer and why?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Satellite, we had Charter Cable for 21 yrs, and always had problems with it, picture, no sound ,or sound and no pic, so when we bought our new Duplex, we got Dish Network, and this system is by ATT Entertainment....Everyone in our area has it, and loves it..we have the giant 5 antennas in ground, high winds, does not effect the pic, never a loss of connection...it is so easy, just click the PPV is on, and all channels come right on, and fast when changing the channels as well...we have 260 cable statioins, all the local channels for and anyone that lives in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area can call to verify the pirce, it is 98.00 per month...of course PPV is extra.......with cable for not even this many channels and all the problems was 145.00 month.

    ATT is the best, cell, internet, ATT Entertainment for satellite tv,and home phone all on one bill..its a snap

    Legit"" Satellite any day now..

  • I have Satellite but prefer cable so I can get local channels. I live in the middle of nowhere and we can't get cable so it's Satellite or nothing :(

  • 1 decade ago

    CABLE!

    For me, Satellite is too complicated

    BUT I dont have the cable with the antennas on the top I have the cable from Comcast.

  • 6 years ago

    Satellite TV is available throughout continental United States of America, so regardless of where you live, you are guaranteed quality reception and nice programming channels. And talking about programming channels, no subscription service can match the awesome entertaining channels at the disposal of satellite TV operators. You will be surprised that the least package carries as much as 500 different channels that cover all areas of human interests movies, music, news, sports, religion, etc and you have the option of upgrading these if you are still thirsty for more!

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    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I started out with cable & the price kept going up so I switched to satellite.

    During the winter months it would lose the signal too often so here I am now back with cable.

  • 1 decade ago

    Cable~*

    We have cable television and the internet is super fast with the cable connection. Hit the button and BOOM- there's my page.

  • 1 decade ago

    Cable TV. Starhub Cable to be precise.

  • songer
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    we've Verizon, which isn't working besides because it is going to. we've had all of them. We began with Comcast and then, whilst it have been given too costly for the comparable stuff, we went to Dish. Dish replace into stable, even in spite of the undeniable fact that it relatively does not artwork whilst this is cloudy. i presumed that replace into in basic terms some style of nonsense made up by utilising the Comcast people of their advertisements even in spite of the undeniable fact that this is authentic. Then, whilst my dad moved in because of the fact of his knee alternative surgical technique, we went lower back to Comcast because of the fact Dish did no longer provide us interior reach activities. Comcast replace into worse then each! In 4 years of Dish, the restore guy replace into out as quickly as. The Comcast restore guy had to return 3 days after installation it and alter into their a minimum of 10 circumstances interior the 12 months we had it. Then we went to Verizon Fios, cable optic stuff. we've the telephone provider, information superhighway and television. It have been working great up till a month in the past as quickly as we would turn off the television however the "field" might nevertheless be on and vice versa. additionally the quickly forwarding via advertisements of recording stuff isn't working suitable. And every time my husband activates the table precise computing device, the information superhighway connection is lost on my laptop. specific, I desire shall we in basic terms bypass via a catalogue and take the channels we would like. we've all forms of activities channels that we don't watch and we don't desire. it is going to likely be ala cart.

  • 1 decade ago

    i like satellite

  • cable, its better :)

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