| reply to Steve B
Channels Smannel it's all about quality and price.. Most of us have to buy far more channels than we use. Many channels have so few watchers that if they all applauded at once you could sleep through it, yet we have to pay for them. Direct hides pricing in add on fees and special charges. By the time you get to the bottom line they are way more expensive than Dish - nearly as muuch as cable here. Direct will provide locals only in BIG markets where they can rake in bigger bucks.
A few years ago the local stations were arguing with the local cable guys (Suddenlink now though I think it may have been Cox at the time) and in danger of not being carried. They got together and asked each satellite provider to add local channels. Dish accepted quickly, Direct refused outright presumably because the payback wasn't quick enough for them.
No one in this squabble is telling all the truth. I like Dish, have had it for 13 years, but it doesn't have what I want most (MLB package) because Direct paid 3 times the going rate for exclusivity. I priced the changeover and while I can afford it I won't switch to a company that hides it's pricing so gratuitously, provides less the the best equipment and then tells me how great their customer service is when forums around the country say otherwise.
Just my 2 cents of course. . YMMV |
