DSS H-Card's

[Mark]

Well my neighbor said he can get mines programed for $100 thru a friend. He had his reprogrammed and he gets all the satellite channels. But he also told me sometimes the cards die and need to be reprogrammed. Reprogrammation will cost me $10 each time it dies. My question is, realisticly how often do these card's die? Every week or so? Every month? Every year?