DirecTV in Mexico

[ordorika]

I wonder if it is possible to take a US DirectV contract and dish and use it in Mexico. I am interested in getting US local channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX) as well as traditional "cable" channels like ESPN, TNT, HBO, etc.
Is it necessary to take the dish? I have a dish from former DirectV Mexico (it just stopped operating there) can I just use de US card. How do I orient the dish, etc? Any information about this will be appreciated.

[stone phillips420]

no that im sure wouyld be considered almost if not theft of service or call
18005315000 and ask them

[PMKS]

I know of some retired people from the U.S. who take their D* systems down to Mexico with them. They stay at trailer parks in Baja California and have no problem getting a signal.

I would assume since they are using "RV" accounts, that they get the national network feeds. Now is this legit or not?? I'm not the one to ask.

Now if you are a citizen or permanent resident of Mexico, I'm sure having an active D* account would be against the rules.....

[Trainop]

Yes, you can have DirecTV in Mexico. I do NOT consider it signal theft. I pay my Bill accordingly allthough it goes to my fathers house in the US. I recieve all local channels just like the local cable company does. I have been doing this for eight years. Even the Caliente sports books use DirecTV. FOX-6 is in Tijuana and DirecTV picks it up so why can't I pick up my own local station?

Until TELNOR introduces digital-TV with HD content, I will stick to Direc. Never have used the phone-line, I just go online with TELNOR Prodigy Infinitum Internet DSL and order my movies!

L.T.

[stone phillips420]

Yes, you can have DirecTV in Mexico. I do NOT consider it signal theft. I pay my Bill accordingly allthough it goes to my fathers house in the US. I recieve all local channels just like the local cable company does. I have been doing this for eight years. Even the Caliente sports books use DirecTV. FOX-6 is in Tijuana and DirecTV picks it up so why can't I pick up my own local station?

Until TELNOR introduces digital-TV with HD content, I will stick to Direc. Never have used the phone-line, I just go online with TELNOR Prodigy Infinitum Internet DSL and order my movies!

L.T.

oh round here thats called account-sharing its a no-no

[Darkwing Duck]

oh round here thats called account-sharing its a no-no

No he's not sharing the account, he just has the bill sent to his father's house. Now if his father had the account and he was a reciever on that, THAT would be account sharing.

[boba]

I wonder if it is possible to take a US DirectV contract and dish and use it in Mexico. I am interested in getting US local channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX) as well as traditional "cable" channels like ESPN, TNT, HBO, etc.
Is it necessary to take the dish? I have a dish from former DirectV Mexico (it just stopped operating there) can I just use de US card. How do I orient the dish, etc? Any information about this will be appreciated.

It is a technical violation to use Directv in either Mexico or Canada, yes it is done. You will need a Directv dish to receive the signal. I don't believe the Directv Mexico dish has the right LNBF to work for reception of the U.S. signal. The further south you go into Mexico the larger dish you will need. Directv's signal is aimed for the continental U.S. so the farther you go from the center of the U.S. the weaker the signal becomes.

[stone phillips420]

No he's not sharing the account, he just has the bill sent to his father's house. Now if his father had the account and he was a reciever on that, THAT would be account sharing.

its a reasonable assumption that if bill being sent to fathers house his father also has his own receiver thats account sharing

[Darkwing Duck]

its a reasonable assumption that if bill being sent to fathers house his father also has his own receiver thats account sharing

Yet in his post he clearly states that he pays his bill and says nowhere that his father has a reciever.

[stone phillips420]

i realize that, sometimes you can read between the lines. directv is available there i think it called para-todos.