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Originally Posted by eversio11
That's odd that DirecTV would require a second dish for your local channels. The only reason you'd need to upgrade your dish would be if they were HD channels, or you needed more receivers in the house. Try giving DTV a call again and see what the scoop is. We get local Chicago channels with the same dish we've been using for 7 years.
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When they first started adding local channels they managed to get the major markets on the same sattelite as the existing subscription service. As they added the hundreds, maybe thousands of local stations across under the "must carry" rules they had to add capacity by using another sattelite. If you live in a secondary market and want local channels, odds are you will need two dishes.
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Originally Posted by '97ventureowner
I hope to sign up for Verizon's all in one deal that lumps the FiOS service, phone service, and Directv service all for one price. In order for me to do that I'll have to cancel my current Directv subscription and put it under my wife's name because the special for the satelite service is only available to NEW subscribers  . When this occurs, I'll have them put up the second dish if it's needed. |
That's exactly what i had to do to upgrade to HDTV. DirectTV wanted to charge me big time to upgrade my dish and recievers so i just canceled the service and had my wife order new service under her name. Got all the equipment and installation for free and 3 months of free premium services thrown in.