and Cable guys ofter have cable wars .. they cut each other's cables .. in my area one cablewala was shot ... and our cable was down for 7 days .. thats when i decided to get DTH ... and even if you get a digital STB for Cable .. and the wire is cut .. what are gonna do witht he Digital STB and its quality ...I was very pissed off with this Cablewalas .. so moved .. if you can tolerate their nuisance.. sitck with them .. as they are economical ..