I thought the House adjurned until December? No bill can pass until the house comes back in session!
See ya
Tony
See ya
Tony
NO he won't - he can ONLY get NY or LA as a distant from D*...
I thought the House adjurned until December? No bill can pass until the house comes back in session!
See ya
Tony
Of course, D* could change to meet the demand of E* ship jumpers. This is a corporate policy - not the law. They could offer any city as DNS.
And before you ask, the Chicago spotbeam will not reach up that high, so they could not even do it being (relatively) close to Chicago - about 200 miles away is about how far the Chicago spot reaches out.
Dear :
Thank you for contacting me to share
your concerns regarding Dish Network TV's
provision of distant network programming, a
television service by which certain satellite
television subscribers receive network
programming from out-of-market areas. As you
may know, in October a District Court judge in
Florida issued an injunction requiring Dish
Network TV to terminate all of its distant network
programming no later than December 1, 2006. It
is my hope that all those with a legal right to
distant network programming can continue to
receive it.
The court order was the result of a lawsuit brought
against Dish Network's parent company, EchoStar
Communications Corporation, by the major
broadcast networks. NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox
claimed that Dish Network had been illegally
providing distant network programming to some
of its subscribers. According to the Satellite Home
Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 , only those
without any other means of accessing network
television, such as over-the-air broadcasting, cable
or "local-into-local" satellite service, are eligible to
receive distant network programming.
I share your concerns that this sudden loss of
service could leave some New Yorkers,
particularly those in rural areas, without any access
to the broadcast network television that is an
important source of news, entertainment and
public safety information. I have conveyed this
message to my colleagues on the Senate
Commerce Committee who have jurisdiction over
satellite and telecommunications issues. I hope
that they move to address this imminent problem
in the very near future. Please be assured that I
will continue to monitor the situation and work
with my colleagues to bring about an expeditious
and satisfactory resolution.
Again, thank you for writing to me about an issue
that is important to you and to many other New
Yorkers . For updates on this issue and other
matters being discussed before the United States
Senate, please visit my website at
http://clinton.senate.gov .
Sincerely,
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
I got this e-mail from Hillary Clinton today :
i am asking about the green bay spotbeam. I don't care what network i get from where
NBC tends to give their waivers to people in my area because they know the reception is horrible.
I am 93 miles north of green bay and their signal reaches people living 5 miles south of escanaba which is about 130 miles north of green bay. So are ya saying in general spotbeams range is 200 miles?
The guy in green bay said the spotbeam reached the middle of iowa for sure because his son used to get it when he was in college. But this is what it is, i can see the guy across the river that gets the green bay satellite networks from my house. I can yell at the guy and watch his tv with my kids telescope. LOL!. Dish network says thats exactly how far their spotbeam reaches, but it seems to me its not the spotbeam
we are in marquette DMA which is what i am trying to get changed.
Also i would hope dish network would make marquette into a local zone so we do get networks available up here, but that isnt going to happen in the next 5 years or so i bet.
Also, is it true that directv no longer allows distant networks for new customers?
No, not true at all - but they have always had more "stringent qualifications" than E* does. BUT, the problem in your area is, D* can ONLY give you distant networks (NY &/or LA only) for those specific networks that you are NOT in a grade B area.
If you want to check your address, here's a link to do so:
http://directvdnseligibility.decisionmark.com/app/AddressForm.aspx
If this says NO to distants, ain't gonna do you much good to switch to D*.
Now if I was in your position, I'd just "move" to Green Bay & get their locals with no muss or fuss. I would imagine they GOTTA be better than yours anyway, sight unseen. Others on here think it's just a totally DASTARDLY deed to cheat on those poor, local networks of yours - YOU have to decide for yourself...
i am asking about the green bay spotbeam. I don't care what network i get from where, the fact is i cant get any networks at all.... like i said i 'supposedly' am in range for NBC only of all those U.P. antenna signals. And i have used Antenna to try to get NBC and i can barely even get the color to come in and if ya stand 20 feet away from the television ya can almost see whats going on. NBC tends to give their waivers to people in my area because they know the reception is horrible. Their antenna is NOT on a mountain... its actually 40ft above lake superior water level and the highest point is the middle of the U.P. which basically cuts all of the posted signals out from reaching here.
I am 93 miles north of green bay and their signal reaches people living 5 miles south of escanaba which is about 130 miles north of green bay. So are ya saying in general spotbeams range is 200 miles? The guy in green bay said the spotbeam reached the middle of iowa for sure because his son used to get it when he was in college. But this is what it is, i can see the guy across the river that gets the green bay satellite networks from my house. I can yell at the guy and watch his tv with my kids telescope. LOL!. Dish network says thats exactly how far their spotbeam reaches, but it seems to me its not the spotbeam, its the fact we are in marquette DMA which is what i am trying to get changed.
Also i would hope dish network would make marquette into a local zone so we do get networks available up here, but that isnt going to happen in the next 5 years or so i bet. It just really really annoys me that i am and was LEGALLY able to ge t these networks and now i can;t. I would have never signed a contract with dish network if i had known anything about this. I mean we almost didnt get it because you cant get NBC for several months most likely, but we did. Now i am stuck in a contract for 15 more months.
Also, is it true that directv no longer allows distant networks for new customers?
- - My question is: Assuming that the Satellite Consumer Protection Act passes and my DNS are "saved", then 6 months later DiSH starts Bangor locals and I'm cut-off DNS, can I get HD DNS even if I don't have an HD programming package or an HD box? i.e. If I feed HD DNS through a standard non-HD DiSH receiver, would I simply receive HD DNS in SD?? Otherwise, I'm hoping DiSH nixes Bangor locals, so I don't lose my DNS.
. I am from a small (about 100 people) town in Arkansas, and live in the country on a dirt road. Satellite is our only option. There is a local ABC TV station (Jonesboro, AR) Any feedback would be appreciated.