I have had both and now have Dish for TV and Cable for Internet. Love the Dish - Love the picture quality. Regarding unstability of DISH, so far have had none in the past 8 months. Although with Cable, I can remember many times over the years where the cable went out and all I had was snow. Also, I have had other instances with my prior Digital Cable where the Digital Converter Box went out and I had to have it reset or replaced. Oh and recently my Cable for the internet was down 24 hours - bottom line they both apparently have issues and nothing is perfect - Marcie if you can get a better deal and save $ and it happens to be cable - I'd go for it.