| For years and years there really was no choices to | | | | surpasses cable now in virtually every area you can |
| make in TV viewing. You got the best TV you could | | | | look at. The top satellite service providers offer more |
| afford and if you were going to do anything to get | | | | channels in virtually every area of programming. This |
| you anything beyond that you invested in a giant | | | | includes high definition and standard digital |
| antennae that hopefully survived the wind up on your | | | | programming. Dish Network and Direct TV are the |
| roof. Then cable came along and that was great! I | | | | top satellite providers in the highly competitive |
| remember all the channels that they offered and | | | | business of satellite TV programing and they both |
| most of them were junk but they had lots of | | | | offer more high definition channels than any cable |
| channels to choose from none the less. Over the | | | | provider in the market place. Dish Network offers up |
| years cable companies made some improvements in | | | | to thirty high definition channels in some of its market |
| their programming but they were the only show in | | | | area and channels numbering in the high twenties in |
| town and their customers really had nowhere else to | | | | the rest of its market areas. Both Dish Network and |
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| trundled along and their customers took what they | | | | system outages than any of their competitors |
| got and this is how it went for cable for many years. | | | | including any cable providers. Cable TV providers and |
| Then some people got the bright idea of launching | | | | standard TV programming providers tend to have |
| satellites into earths orbit and broadcasting television | | | | the highest percentage rating for system outages. |
| programming to paying customers from them. This | | | | For the quantity and quality and the best value for |
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| viewers went this route and in its early stages | | | | TV. Its a very competitive business and all the |
| satellite was somewhat limited in its service and | | | | satellite TV providers are holding out stellar |
| programming so cable was able to squeek by. Now | | | | promotional offers to anyone who wants to start |
| here we are in this day and age and satellite TV | | | | watching satellite TV. Free satellite TV systems and |
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