I traded cable for DirecTV even before we moved from the city because you got a lot more stuff for less money, so I have no idea what is offered on cable any more. There is no cable out here anyway-it is satellite or nothing. I get BBC America and both History and History2 with DirecTV, and I absolutely love that.
And I’ve had Dish Network since 2000 and would recommend to anyone who’s got a southern sky. What I like is having the east and west coast feeds for just about every network.