I have been on Free To Air for more than 2 years & i have never got to a point where i'm ready to cough 5k for pay tv. Reasons:
1. I'm happy with the programs that i receive; some of them are: SABC 1 (South Africa Broadcasting Corporation),SABC 2,SABC 3,ETV(South Africa),NTV,ABC News Now,Citizen,KTN,KBC,EATV,Family TV,ITV,Channel 10,Star TV,Agape,Capital,TBC,TBN,TCC,Smile of a Child,JCTV,Ujala(24/7 Documentary channel),Dawn News,Arirang,Aljazeera,EWTN,God Asia,FETV,CCTV 9,Fashion TV,Hope Channel,Love world,Russia Today,God TV,3ABN,Daystar,The Word Network,press tv,DBN,CNBC,Tourism & trade Channel,DW,Pentagon Channel,NBC(Namibia),CNN,France 24,TV 5 Monde Afrique,VOA,NTA(Nigeria Television Authority). they are so many ...actually hundreds excluding radio channels(hizo uwezi hesabu).
2. I didn't miss Africa cup (from the opening day to last match),same on Euro 2008 (which was not on G),Olympics and other major matches.
3. The Content is in digital format just like any other pay tv content. They all use MPEG II Format......(DVB=Digital Video Broadcasting). so clarity is the same.
4. I don't Experience rainfades......depends on dish size,type of freq. KU is more suspetible to rainfades especially when using a small dish.
5. Every now & then comes up new FTA channels.
6. No monthly fees....no suspensions.
Let My Conscience Be Ever Alive.