Usually most users will have their main and a back up, ive seen one guy reviewing on here( his reviews are really good) who has about 5/6, then u get some who will only have one service and be stuck when that goes down
Personally have 3 2uk based ones which i use 90% of the time(70/30 split) 1 us based service which is used for the us sport streams
In total i pay £30 a month for a total of 5 connections which is still a massive amount less than i would be(through official channels)
Also dont normally pay more than £10 for a service(equivalent to about $12.50) unless its multiple connections
currently 4, but I'm letting one expire. I have my main and my backup, and trying out a newer one because it's inexpensive and a startup. Once my soon-to-be-expired one runs out, my monthly spend is $23 + Yearly Tivimate (6 bucks?) and a well rounded EPG for 5 bucks for 6 months. I'm in the US, and I do enjoy a lot of the UK programming as well. My main thing is US/CAN doc shows, lots of A&E, Discovery(s) , Crime shows, etc. Especially UFC/Boxing PPV's where here in the US, each PPV runs $70.00. Considering I was paying $110.00 a month for Satellite with no premium channels, finally cutting the cord 4.5 years ago was the best thing I could have ever done. Plus, things are a lot nicer and easier now days compared to 4 years ago.