I used to be a customer of Dish Network.  They offer the same stupid junk as other cable providers, but sometimes it's slightly less expensive.  But about 6 months ago, I switched back to regular old cable for one simple reason:  Satellite signals depend on clear weather.  Chucks of metal and electronics (satellites) circling the earth at 7000 mph send magical radio waves to receivers here on earth.  If something gets in the way (e.g. clouds, mountains, trees, etc. [two Latin phrases in one fragment - yippee!]), the signals disappear into the hole in the space-time continuum where antimatter collided with a black hole billions of years ago.  Just kidding.  The signals simply don't get received.  The problem with this is quite simple:  The only thing to do on rainy days is watch TV.  If TV doesn't work on rainy days, we have a problem.  Cable TV is distributed through wires.  Bad weather has no effect on wires.  Hence, cable wins over satellite

The thing with satellite stuff is that it's really awesome and it's incredibly useful.  It's really awesome to be able to determine where on earth you are, within a few feet, by communicating with a satellite.  It's incredibly useful to get internet access in the middle of the desert without any wires.  And it's such a welcome relief to be able to listen to commercial-free radio.  But the problem is that it's not reliable.  You can't count on the weather being clear.  You don't always have a clear view of a certain part of the sky when you're driving or sitting in your house.  You can't depend on everything working.  And that's not cool in my book.