Cable or Satellite?!?

[bobby28384]

A major debate of late (aside from the American hate fest) and all these damned commercials!! I have cable and like it!! What does the AF community like??

[TexasF355F1]

My parents use to have satellite and so did one of my friends and it SUCKED!!! Anytime the weather got the least bit tempormental whether it was cloudy or raining we lost channels and had MAJOR interference. Now we have digital cable and i wouldn't trade it for the world.

[Highlyaspir8ed]

that must of been old technology or something tex, were you using the big satelite dishes or the mini dishes? I've had satelite for a little over 5 months now. never had a disruption and weather gets pretty bad in the winter up here in ohio with the snow and all so I guess I'll see if it last well through the winter. direct TV is great. interactive channels, perfectly clear reception and at a nice price. I admit though digital cable is nice, expensive and not interactive (that I know of) but damn nice. I think my bill is $36 a month for something like 150 channels. I can't complain.

[TexasF355F1]

Originally Posted by Highlyaspir8ed

that must of been old technology or something tex, were you using the big satelite dishes or the mini dishes? I've had satelite for a little over 5 months now. never had a disruption and weather gets pretty bad in the winter up here in ohio with the snow and all so I guess I'll see if it last well through the winter. direct TV is great. interactive channels, perfectly clear reception and at a nice price. I admit though digital cable is nice, expensive and not interactive (that I know of) but damn nice. I think my bill is $36 a month for something like 150 channels. I can't complain.

Actually it wasn't that long ago, around 3-4 years ago. It was the mini dish. I believe it was Direct TV too. Some people have luck with the things and some don't, ya know.

[taranaki]

Neither.Life is too short to blob out in front of a screen.


Wait a minute,that's what I'm doing right now,isn't it?

[Oz]

Hormones.

[Jimster]

I have Satellite TV where I am now, I get an absolute fuckload of channels, not many of them I watch, suits me allright. Reception is crysal clear all year round, even in a good ol' sea breeze

[Haibane]

I personally like Satalite internet connection... oh wait, your not debating that... I had satilate and cable both, I like satilite more. Satalite internet is the bomb if you ever get it. We had a one way satilite. It took 5 sec to download entire movies. Try and get a 2 way if you like upoads etc.

[Masta]

i choose cable better than satellite. As for internet, i also choose cable over satellite.

[Haibane]

Have you tried satellite internet?

[YogsVR4]

Cable is fine by me.

[bm2boats]

For me Satillite is better. + it is cheaper then cable, and I get more channels with the Sat. I loss sat Signals about 2 a year. On a very HEAVY thunder storm or a Hurricanne. Cable goes out as least 8-12 a year in my area. + when the cable is done, it is down for at least 3-4 hours. I have never lost sat signals for more then 2 hours.
I guess it depends where you live.
Comcast and Cablevision ( Cable Co. in the Northeast) Are tring to get a sat. up so they can compete with Direct TV and Little Dish.
I have Direct TV, at $46.39 a month I get over 100 channels.

[higgimonster]

I prefer carrier pigeons for my tv and internet. So, they get about 8 bits/second but after only about 3 hours of waiting for Horsepower TV to get here the reception id great. i am looking to upgrade to HD Pigeons, otherwise known as HDPTV

[Masta]

nah, i never tried satellite for internet, but from what i heard, it sucks for gaming, you get bad pings in servers. with cable i get good pings.