Not only that in years gone by you bought the equipment and owned it now you pay $ to lease. 2 year contract-sounds like the cell phone companies-, Go with ATT if you can get it. 10 years from now Satellite service will be for people way out because cable has one goal to wipe out satellite, broadband has the same intention and as Murdoch said:
Bloomberg reports that Rupert Murdoch may sell his 38% stake in DirecTV to Liberty Media in exchange for Liberty Media's 16% stake in News Corp. Meanwhile Variety reports that Murdoch called the unit "a turd bird"
Satellite is like beer it's only a lease--and the end result is the same