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    What Are DirecTV's Standard Proceedures for Non-Prewired (For Satellite) Apartments?

    Are Most DTV installers able to unlock the typical cable box lock on an apartment building? (given that it's owned by the complex, etc. etc. etc.)
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    Moving Before A Year is Up to an Apartment

    Great news: Finally called Directv and it's only $149 for relocation. Well within my budget (and cheaper than doing it myself). We'll see how installation goes on Sunday!
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    Moving Before A Year is Up to an Apartment

    It is flat and accessible by a ladder that is attached to the side of the building. The foreseeable problems are: 1) Cost 2) getting the signal inside- The Cable box on the exterior of the building *might* be cable company owned and therefore locked. In which case I need to figure out...
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    Moving Before A Year is Up to an Apartment

    as long as there are no holes drilled and wiring systems are not damaged. Basically if I get a Non-Penetrating Roof Mount install, with the coax from the dish going to the cable box mounted to the exterior of the building (a short run of coax, maybe 25-35 feet) and connected to my apartment's...
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    Moving Before A Year is Up to an Apartment

    Definitely flat.
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    Moving Before A Year is Up to an Apartment

    Yup, she's making me pay a $200 "dish deposit" so the least she can do is allow roof access. I understand landlords not allowing this, but it seems a little counter productive sometimes, they can have cleaner, more unobtrusive dish installs if they allowed it.
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    Moving Before A Year is Up to an Apartment

    Balcony is a no go, it's east facing and masonry. My landlord wants a non pen mount on the roof and honestly that's the only way it'll work anyway. I'll call dtv today and see what's up. It's nice to know that non penetrating mounts are included now as 80 bucks tacked onto the 250 was probably...
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    Moving Before A Year is Up to an Apartment

    Hey Guys, I'm moving from one apartment to another (moving in with the ole ball and chain) and I'm only going to be 8 months into my DTV contract, and my on-time payment history isn't perfect. (The first few months I kept thinking I had paid my bill, but I had just gotten to the confirmation...