i have been a DirecTV subscriber here in the US for years now. one thing that's true for any satellite provider (especially since the Florida weather here is very similar to Philippines) - everytime there's a thunderstorm with heavy cloud cover, say goodbye to your signal. tapos pag may typhoon there's a very good chance that you'll be saying bye bye to a very expensive piece of electronic equipment that's now just a very expensive big frisbee :hihihi: