[Past Your Eyes]

Wasn't this all but a done deal a couple years ago? What's different now?
BTW, I've had Primestar, DirecTV and Dish. Dish is better than Direct, IMHO.

[BigTex5]

HAL9000... Any tips for a person thinking about switching from cable to Dish? Time Warner is still increasing their rates so I'm looking into alternatives and Dish seems to be good.

[monkapotamus]

"Wasn't this all but a done deal a couple years ago? What's different now?"

I don't know what is different, regulatory-wise, but the buy-out is reversed this time. I've had Echostar and DirecTV; happy with DirecTV right now.

[HAL9000]

Wasn't this all but a done deal a couple years ago? What's different now?

IIRC, there was a bidding war for buying DirecTV from Hughes, and Murdoch beat Ergin.