It doesn't make any difference if you have cable or dish you still have commercials. With cable you pay for 100 channels =10 missing numbers - 20 that are info and religion - 2 weather and 1 that is local town stuff now add internet and it is now $105. Where I'm at the town is split 1/2 get NBC & FOX the other 1/2 get ABC & CBS no one gets PBS Weirdly tho every one gets that station that plays all the old stuff like Green Acres and the Brady Bunch with the converter box. I'm in the process of moving into my own house and doing some shopping around with the Dish companies because I live in the area that does not get CBS and all my favorites are on it.