inclimate weather? (Score 2, Insightful)

OK, I changed to Directv about 5 years ago when I was completely fed up with my local cable company. TCI became AT&T which became Comcast...blah blah blah and I still couldn't get any decent channels. Since then I just have to laugh every time I hear one of the radio ads for the cable company talking about how much sattelite sucks because it can go out because of "rain fade". All I have to say about that is my DSS has NEVER gone dark due to rain...AND I LIVE IN SEATTLE!