I have DirecTV with the near basic "Total Choice" programming package. I don't have any of the extra fee channels like HBO, etc. nor do I het any of the fee-based sports channels. "Total Choice" has 160 channels which is far more than I ever watch. I have 4 "standard" (non-HD) receivers which means a lot of the fancy stuff like being able to digitally record shows isn't available to me. Do I wish I had that capability? Yes, but I'm cheap and wasn't willing to pay the extra amount required to get those services (cost-to-benefit just wasn't there from my perspective). I can still order movies from their "DirecTV Cinema" if I want, but I very rarely do (~once/yr). Total cost is about $78/mo...but again, that's for 4 receivers too. Not thrilled with DirecTV Customer Svc, but they're still better than Comcast in my experience. After 9 years with the previous ones, just got my receivers replaced about 6 months ago & it was a bit of a fight to keep from getting charged for that. They came & installed them & re-aligned my dish plus installed a new LNB on the dish. Thanks to spending a couple of hours on the phone to arrange it, I got it all done with $0 cost and credits to my account.

For internet I'm still using Centurylink DSL. It works fine for everything I use it for & I've had fewer outages than my Comcast neighbors & pay less than they do.

YMMV