There are 2 Sat companies and what 20 cell phone cmpanies ?
Um no, there are only 4 major real tower/network owning cell phone companies. Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile. The rest are virtual cell phone companies reselling services on these providers.
The only exception is the few smaller local cell network providers like CellularOne, US Cellular, and MetroPCS.
So that brings a new thought. Why not allow virtual companies to resell DirecTV? I remember when Pegasus sold DirecTV and did billing for certain areas.