Do you want to know why satellite is kicking their butts in these markets? Its due to the fact that they only offer a little over 20 channels and only analog service with no broadband and only one HBO as a premium in a lot of these small markets. They bought out Adelphia in which bought out some small cable companies a while back. They have not upgraded the systems and promised to about 8 years ago and it never happened. I know this because the same crappy service runs by my house and everyone here is on satellite. I would say the penetration of satellite vs. cable here, due to the lack of channels and snowy pictures, is 75% satellite, maybe 85% even. I do not even know why the cable company is even here. I'd say that they lost most of their customers in the past 3-4 years as satellite has gotten cheap (free).