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F.O.A.D.

On 9/17/13 1:46 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:54:42 -0400, Wayne.B
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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.

I had one outage with Comcast that I can remember, 3 or 4 years ago.

We had a half hour cable outage yesterday in conjunction with a half
hour power company outage.