Thinking about getting DIRECTV or Dish? Seen all the fancy ads and those great rates? Are they really that good?

Read the fine print: As with any offer you should always read the fine print. There you will see things like "new customers only", "24 month commitment required", "penalties for early cancellation", "locals cost extra". Where is the fine print? Look near the bottom of DIRECTV and Dish Websites at the bottom is Customer service, along that line is Agreements you can click there to see what you are getting into.

In a true price comparison it does not add up

In a 24 month commitment with directv's Choice package at $34.99 for 12 months then $55.99 for the remaining 12 months adds up to $1091.76 for 24 months of service. Country Cablevision at $39.95 for 24 months adds up to $958.80. This is a true savings of $132.96 with Country Cablevision

In a 24 month commitment with Dish's Bronze+ with locals package at $34.99 for 12 months then $44.99 for the remaining 12 months adds up to $1019.76 for 24 months of service.Country Cablevision at $39.95 for 24 months adds up to $958.80. This is a true savings of $60.96 with Country Cablevision.

They have 100's of channels.

It is how you count them and what you are really getting.

They count the music channels which is normally 30 or more depending on the package. We at Country Cablevision offer a 30 plus channels of music with our basic package.

The other part of the count is multiple of the same type of programming an example is one package they have has 14 different Fox Sports. Now I am a huge sports fan myself but 14 different fox sports channels seams redundant. We at Country Cablevision strive for a wide variety of quality programming. Our goal is to provide one complete package for the whole family.

As you go though their web sites the real cost start to add up quick, to get the same programming you could get with Country Cablevision.