Taz - DirecTV has the best line up, package options and provides the best value. Dish is good, but they don't offer some channels (that I'd miss). Because TWC has some much tied up in phusical infrastructure AND they're owned by Time-Warner, they really don't have the ability (cost) or the interest (push their own TW content) to offer a good value. They also love their monopoly contracts in most cities....

Of all the bills I hate paying Cable the most.

When cable was initially brought into the area I can remember it was $6.00 a month.

They go up every year. I watch less than 15% of all the channels. They should pay me for all the shopping channels.

twc sucks. bought a house in garner back in april.still have issuses.will be changing in january. who do you guys recommed

I really like my DirectTV, I have had it for 13 yrs and am pleased to the max. I have had TWC and will never do so again.

"When it's time just call them up and ask for the retension dept. they will usually have a better deal for you."

This used to be true but no longer -- Retention doesn't hand out deals like they used to. The fact that we were 12 year customers who paid on time meant nothing to "Jimmy" in Retetion who told me we'd had all the specials we were entitled to for a lifetime (that's pretty much a verbatim quote). Less than 30 days later we were all hooked up with DirectTV and TW will never see another dollar of our money. Hope they thought not allowing a measly $15 discount on my bundled service for a year was worth the loss of our service entirely.