http://www.ratinghq.comRatinghq Category Comments Feed for Internet ServicesRatingHQ (http://www.ratinghq.com)enDirecTV (trademarked as "DIRECTV") is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service based in El Segundo, California, USA, that was founded in 1990. It transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America except for Mexico. Its primary competitors are Dish Network and cable providers. DirecTV is owned by DirecTV Group, which is controlled by Liberty Media. In addition to serving consumers, DirecTV offers service to bars, restaurants, hotels, dorms, and hospitals through their DirecTV for business service. The company also offered mobile service for cars, boats, and RVs (DirecTV Mobile) as well as aircraft (DirecTV Airborne) in cooperation with Connexion by Boeing.http://www.ratinghq.com/4-12589/direct-tv.html2008-09-25 07:53:01DISH Network is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services to households and businesses in the United States, owned by parent company DISH Network Corporation. DISH Network was launched in March 1996, and, along with DirecTV, primarily competes with cable television providers throughout the United States. They have registered as a Nevada corporation. The corporate office is based at Meridian, Colorado, though the postal designation of nearby Englewood is commonly listed as the company's location in corporate filings and news accounts.http://www.ratinghq.com/4-12590/dish-network.html2008-09-25 08:00:10FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NYSE: FRP) is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and operates communication services in 32 markets in 18 states, mostly in rural areas. FairPoint was founded as MCJ Communications Inc. in 1991, and was established as an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) which gave it certain rights and obligations regarding proving service to rural areas. FairPoint services include local and long distance phone service, data, Internet, broadband, television and business communications solutions.http://www.ratinghq.com/4-12593/fairpoint-communications.html2008-09-26 07:27:37