On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:22:21 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:54:42 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:



On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:33:31 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



Every so often, I think about converting from cable to dish, but the two

dish companies here seem unwilling or incapable of distributing info

that is clear and understandable.



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Satellite TV service is very susceptible to thunderstorm outages.

Fiber optic is the way to go if they have it in your area.



I have Dish with the OTA module in the DVR so I get the best of both

worlds.



Comcast was too unreliable to seriously consider and it would

certainly never be my "one pipe" connection to the world.

We have Time Warner, and although their customer service is spotty, their quality of service is excellent. With HD, DVR (with an external 1TB drive), telephone and internet service, they are my one pipe. I resisted adding telephone until I was sure that the FAX and alarm system would work over their connection as good as POTS from Ma Bell. I can't remember the last time we had an outage.