Cable Subs Vs. Satellite Subs

[Nick]

The Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing(CTAM) reports that a
growing number of digital cable customers are satisfied with their cable service, while
satellite customers have become more interested in digital cable. So are customers
ready to start jumping ship- er, dish?

According to CTAM, the percentage of digital cable customers who said they were
uninterested in satellite service has increased to 77 percent in 2005 from 71 percent
in 2003. Those most passionate about not switching to satellite ("very uninterested
in satellite") changed even more from 45 percent (2003) to 62 percent last year.

The percent of satellite subscribers who said they were interested in digital cable
service jumped to 23 percent in 2005, from 9 percent a year earlier. In addition,
the percent of satellite customers who reported being uninterested in switching
to cable declined to 66 percent in 2005, from 77 percent in 2004.

"It's no wonder cable customers have become more entrenched with their service,
and why so many satellite subscribers are ready to ditch their dish," said CTAM
President and CEO Char Beales. "Digital cable offers its customers a wide array
of channels - many in high definition, digital video recorders, true On Demand
with thousands of choices at their fingertips, plus the fastest Internet speeds."

www.SkyRetailer.com - used with permission

[Mavrick]

Yes this may be true but when a new subdivision is built and all the ones around it have cable but you dont because the cable company would not lay their lines into it and tell you it will be 6 months to 1 year before they do it kind of alienates some people for I had this happen to a relative and their whole subdivision went with D* or E* and after all the dish's were up and running the people in the subdivision got flyers in their mailboxes says that cable would be available in their area in 3 weeks all the people that lived there were hot and its understandable why and I know alot of them and cable left a bad taste in their mouth over that one and today 4 years later that whole subdivision is still about 98% dish and I cannot see that changing in the near future for the people that have lived there the whole time is anti cable and probable always will be.

[Nick]

Well said, but hard to read without the use of a few appropriately placed periods.

Don't take the report personally, YMMV.

CTAM serves the cable industry.

[Mavrick]

Sorry about that I just had to vent abit.

Sometimes when I do that I do not use proper spacing I just seem to type and it all ends up being one big sentence. :)

[Stewart Vernon]

Yes this may be true but when a new subdivision is built and all the ones around it have cable but you dont because the cable company would not lay their lines into it and tell you it will be 6 months to 1 year before they do it kind of alienates some people for I had this happen to a relative and their whole subdivision went with D* or E* and after all the dish's were up and running the people in the subdivision got flyers in their mailboxes says that cable would be available in their area in 3 weeks all the people that lived there were hot and its understandable why and I know alot of them and cable left a bad taste in their mouth over that one and today 4 years later that whole subdivision is still about 98% dish and I cannot see that changing in the near future for the people that have lived there the whole time is anti cable and probable always will be.

I said something very similar in another thread... exactly what happened to me in my neighborhood. Even worse with me was that the local cable company didn't immediately tell us about the 6 month delay... Many of us were scheduled with an install at first, then never called back to cancel... and we had to call and find out what was going on!

Cable would have to pay me to take it now... and it would have to be a good rate too!

[harsh]

Cable would have to pay me to take it now... and it would have to be a good rate too!And some are still doing that! I periodically get "Ditch your Dish" offers from Comcast for $400 in programming credits and new customer status for special promotional offers.

Then again, they can't seem to find their way clear to offer me the local CBS station in HD and I'd be spending over $160/month with them. OTA digital rulez!