| Cable TV providers are fighting it out with satellite | | | | subscribes to cable television service. |
| TV providers to see who can deliver the best | | | | Another major disadvantage of cable television is |
| service, most cutting edge technology, and | | | | that it's only available in limited areas. In general, if |
| ultimately win over the majority of customers by | | | | you want cable you have to live in or near a mid |
| doing so. Unfortunately for the cable companies, | | | | sized town. Dish Network on the other hand is |
| when you look at a satellite TV company like Dish | | | | available anywhere you can set up a satellite dish |
| Network, there's simply no way they can | | | | and aim it at the southern sky. This makes Dish |
| compete. | | | | Network enormously more flexible than cable. |
| Dish Network has cable companies beat hands | | | | Many people have dishes on their boats or RV's |
| down in terms of value. Programming packages | | | | so they can enjoy their favorite show from |
| from Dish Network start at about twenty dollars | | | | anywhere. Dish Network also makes it easy to |
| while most cable companies won't give you | | | | bring your television service with you when you |
| anything for less than seventy. Dish Network also | | | | move. Simply reinstall the system with the dish |
| offers a lot more for the money. Dish Network | | | | aimed south and you're back in business! |
| has hundreds of available channels, while most | | | | The reason why cable service is more limited and |
| cable companies offer up to 100, and almost none | | | | more expensive boils down to one issue: |
| offer as many as 150. With fewer channels | | | | bandwidth. Band width is the amount of data that |
| comes fewer options. Dish Network can provide | | | | can be sent over any given medium. Cables by |
| extra programming including foreign language | | | | their very nature have limited bandwidth. They |
| packages, seasonal sports subscriptions like NHL | | | | can be replaced with new cables with higher |
| on the Ice, ESPN Gameday, NBA League Pass, | | | | capacity, which the cable companies are doing, but |
| and MLB Extra Innings. Cable can't. Dish Network | | | | they still have serious limits on the amount of |
| provides free equipment upgrades like digital video | | | | data they can carry. Dish Network on the other |
| recorders, HDTV equipment, allows you to bring | | | | hand, sends it's programming using |
| satellite TV into extra rooms of your house at no | | | | electromagnetic waves which don't have nearly |
| extra charge. Cable television doesn't offer any | | | | the bandwidth limitations of cables. The result is |
| free equipment and often charges $5 and up per | | | | that satellite television providers like Dish Network |
| extra room. With 29 available HDTV channels, | | | | can keep up with customer demand for more |
| Dish Network offers more high definition | | | | channels and data intensive entertainment |
| programming than anyone else in the industry. | | | | formats like digital television and HDTV much |
| Some cable providers offer some HDTV | | | | more easily than cable can and without having to |
| programming, but in general HDTV is very limited | | | | lay more cable every time the technology |
| over cable. Dish Network is also more reliable with | | | | changes. |
| significantly less outage time than cable companies. | | | | For value for the money, variety of |
| Combine all of that with the fact that cable rates | | | | programming, and delivering new technologies, |
| have increased an average of 8.2 percent over | | | | satellite television providers like Dish Network are |
| the past few years, and it's amazing anyone still | | | | the clear choice over cable. |