we’ve had DirecTV for about ten years. While their customer service people have lime jello for brains (one told my wife that we should ditch a certain brand of battery because it wouldn’t work inthe remote, and we were on the phone for five and a half hours trying to get a new install in my wood shop), it has been hassle free. In a severe storm you might lose signal for a bit, but on the whole they fill the bill. We live in a major snow belt and contrary to another commenter, we have never had to brush snow off the dish to restore reception. Local stations reception is not a problem here in Central NY and the sports selection is top notch — when they aren’t finessed by Time Warner. sd
The first snow of the year I had to knock the snow off of my Direct dish. I have never had to do that with Dish.