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What are the advantages of cable TV vs satellite TV?

We're thinking of getting cable. We've had satellite TV and we're pleased with it for the most part, but in this part of the country (Oklahoma) we get a lot of thunderstorms and even a shower can sometimes make the satellite go out, and we're getting real tired of it. Is cable TV underground? If so, would it be advantageous to us to get cable?

Public Comments

1. Satellite TVs biggest issue certainly is the outages due to weather, even though they make it sound like a rare instance. If those outages are that annoying, cable is certainly the way to go. Cable is sometimes buried, but usually run right along the telephone cabling. It varies depending on your locale. Even with cabling above ground, the only outages that you'll probably see is when there's a power outage, and you probably won't have your TV on at that time anyway. The down side is that you'll have fewer channels and possibly fewer of them as digital channels. It depends on how much you've got in your budget to spend.