I couldn't stand Time Warner cable and the nickel and diming they did..plus their buggy gimped receivers. I switched to DTV and never looked back. I pay about $85/month after all taxes, second receiver, DVR, etc. Basic package with the HD stuff thrown in. Even with the risk of weather related outages (happened twice over 6 years now), I still have more up time than I had with TW...and couldn't be happier. When you're a new customer, you're bill will be considerably less for the first year or so. I think I was paying around $50-60 for the first year.