Re: Out of area local channels

starman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Chris Thomas wrote:
> > 
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > > First.... please forgive my ignorance about how these things work....
> > > I only lost my satellite virginity a couple of weeks ago.
> > >  I have a 3 room Directv system, with the Tivo option. I'm told a have
> > > a 3 satellite oval dish. My question is, is there any way, or anything
> > > I can do to receive the east coast network channels? (I live in the
> > > San Fran Bay area. ) I'm not looking to steal service, I pay over a
> > > hundred bucks a month as it is. I just would like to watch things
> > > earlier in the day to fit my work/sleep schedule. The east coast
> > > channels show up in the on screen channel listing, but selecting them
> > > tells me "Call to order....". So I do, & they say I can't.
> > 
> > The DTV people are correct - they can't sell you the ability to
> > receive out-of-market stations.  This isn't their fault.  It's a
> > legal and not a technical issue. It's basically a protection
> > mechanism for the local stations.
> > 
> > /Chris
> 
> The problem with the DMA rules for local channels is it doesn't allow
> for the fact that there are sometimes dead zones in a particular DMA
> where viewers can't get certain channels because of local terrain
> problems. How does a DBS viewer convince them that they can't receive a
> local channel off the air even though the DMA says they are supposed to?
> 
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If in fact you can't receive programming off an outside antenna and
you get denied by you local networks, regulations allow you to
challenge the ruling by ordering a signal test. But you will have to
ask for it.
Burton