[Bubbalarry]

I haver both digital cable and FTA (Free to air) dish. My dish picks up dish network channels.

For what it's worth cable does not go out as often as dish. Because you must align the dish to an exact azimuth facing southwest, and rain clouds that block that beam will interfere with the signal. The deeper the overcast the weaker the signal and so on.

As for cable they use dishes as well to receive the signals but they have monster dishes.

It must be really bad weather for them to lose or get a weaker signal for it to go out.

Now a free to air receiver receives the signals in the air without any fees. They have no card which makes them legal since you aren't stealing signals off a card by Dish Network.

However you can download a bin and install it into the receiver that gets you free PPV's and all the channels for free. Everything including all sports. Currently I have 1 dish with 4 LNBS attached that allows me to receive 4 satellites. 2 from USA & 2 from Canada.

Altogether I get over 1250 Channels. It also gives me my locals channels for my hometown even when I am in TV.

When the bin gets loaded it makes the unit illegal. I use Comcast in my hometown for High speed INTERNET and local sports in HD, that dish can't get.

With me getting that many channels I think you get my point. Plus over 100 are in HD.

WHATS SO HARD TO FIND IN TV IS SOMEONE TO INSTALL THE DISH. I TRIED AND UNLESS YOU SIGN UP FOR A 6 MONTH CONTRACT NOBODY WILL INSTALL ME A DISH.

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