[rypper11]

I switched to DTV 10 years ago when I moved from VA to NC. Originally I got it purely so I could watch the Skins games. Part of my original agreement was how much they could raise Sunday Ticket incrementally per year. So now I pay less than a new subscriber, but don't get the Red Zone, or the splitscreen of every game being played or the 30 minute games the day after. I don't have HBO or any other pay channels but I do get a lot of channels that aren't part of the local TIme Warner system (and Time Warner cost more). Up until a few years ago I did have cable and DirecTV because it was the only way to get the local channels. So I had the $5/month cable that gave me the local channels only. During the time I had both I lost cable service more than I lost DirecTV (though after a hurricane ripped apart the post that my dish was on I was without for about 5 days until someone could come out to fix it).
On a side note, several of the apartment complexes around here do have Dish or DirecTv. Sometimes individual apartments or condos get a dish but that is often against complex rules. Property managers often can play cable and dish companies against each other and get really good pricing.
Sorry this seemed to ramble a bit, but if anyone wants to switch to switch to DirecTv ask someone who has it to refer them because then both people get $50 (I think the same is true for Dish but not sure).