The title should read "Soon to be Goodbye to DirecTv"!
Your title and then the initial posts implied you were leaving and not turning back.
Then, you stated that you were keeping it upstairs when presented with the "side by side" scenario.
You have been a member long enough (despite the few posts) to know better than to "approach" the masses like that. I am surprised you didn;t get flamed!!
At any rate, I was CLOSE to getting cable, but their high installation fees made me change my mind. I will wait until this fall when the new "birds" start broadcasting!