I have direct tv.... I can only have sat. where i live no cable. Dish network did not offer the local channels so i went with direct. It was fairly priced for the first 12 months while the promo pricing was involved, and they give you all the movie channels free for a few months but if you dont call and tell them to turn them off after the promo is over they will charge you for each one of them. I learned that the hard way with a high dollar bill. Over all i guess im happy with the service it is a little high my bill is just over 100 bucks a month