I called DirecTV this morning since Dish dropped VOOM the only channels that set them apart from other sat-cable carriers. I must have gotten a special desk for unhappy Dish subscribers because apparently a lot of people are calling from Dish to price DirecTV. In my own case I have the Platnium package plus Setanta and some others amounting to $142 per month. DirecTv (which in the past could not give me VOOm since it was exclusively Dish) gave me the same channels for only $87 for 12 months and then it goes up to $105. Go figure! Will be moving there June 1. The idiots at Dish removed the one thing that made them different from DirecTV because no matter how many channels Dish & DirecTv put up.....Dish would always have VOOM, 15 more channels. I came from VOOM Sat TV to Dish and now they have sent me to DirecTV!