said by Metatron2008 :

Direcv uses a better method then Dish, which is more resilent to weather. It still goes out in really bad storms, but not in clouds, or rain, just in extreme heavy rain or heavy snow.

And personally, I'd rather be paying for good service instead of just wasting money.

If your going to go with Charter for hd as well as internet, or at&t internet as wel as tv, you may as well send me that extra money.