Dish vs. Cable

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  1. imutter, Mar 29, 2011

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    So I have cable right now and am not so impressed. We live on a Military base and our options are limited. I would like to have better internet more than anything. We used to have Uverse from AT&T and I loved it but not an option here. I was wondering what you all think about your service and if you have Dish how much are service interruption by rain, snow etc.?
     
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  2. McGiord, Mar 29, 2011

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    no cable no dish no directv. Comcast high speed 25Mbps for $30/month. Netflix + all that is available on the web.
     
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  3. Rodimus Prime, Mar 29, 2011

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    Well I can say Dish is worthless for any type of online game because your ping times will be in the 600-1000+ms range. Compare that to 100 or less for cable.
     
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  4. iJohnHenry, Mar 29, 2011

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    All I know, is that cable is compressed, so HD is a joke. This would change if you had fibre, of course.

    Dish probably has far more lines of resolution, so you have to weigh the black-out due to weather vs a superior picture.
     
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  5. imutter, Mar 29, 2011

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    Oh man my son would not like that
     
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