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    Lost my Locals..Did Los Angeles move ?

    Re a Directv locals only package, you might check out their website, which indicates a Directv Basic package for $9.95, which includes local channels. This is under their International Programming section. Besides the locals, it's nothing but a bunch of shopping channel garbage, but if that's...
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    KTLA Airing Classic TV Marathon

    For those who subscribe to the superstations, KTLA will be broadcasting a 60 hour marathon to celebrate the anniversary of the station beginning Friday, November 23. Programming will consist of classic TV shows, including many that have not been widely seen in years: SitcomsOnline.com News...
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    Homeowners Association on the Warpath - Advice Please!

    Thanks, thabo22. From what I understand, this current president, indeed, is hunting his white whale. Some years ago, I was peripherally involved in a movement to effect some changes on the board and it got very ugly. I'm sure it's the same way in every Community, but getting the 500+ unit...
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    Homeowners Association on the Warpath - Advice Please!

    lumpkin666, unfortunately, I don't have an angle to the sats I need from my balcony. Otherwise, I would have told them to take a flying leap long ago! SKrueger, I know what you mean about being involved. It may be just an excuse, but this board has traditionally been a PITA and everyone...
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    Homeowners Association on the Warpath - Advice Please!

    Thanks again to everyone. All your feedback is very helpful. SKrueger, I had a question (or to anyone else who might know) -- I've never been involved with my condo association. So, I'm wondering what is the mechanism by which I hold the Board and its president accountable? That is, you...
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    Homeowners Association on the Warpath - Advice Please!

    This is not good. Hypothetically, a condo board could make a decision to allow only the installation of, let's say Directv only, is that right? From the feedback I've received, it seems that the Board has ultimate power in the same way that Congress and the President have authority over all of...
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    Homeowners Association on the Warpath - Advice Please!

    My problem is that I also have an Expressvu dish. I don't want, nor feel I should have to explain the purpose of this "non-standard" dish. So, in a sense, if I proposed this single dish solution for each of the two US providers, it could provide fodder for the homeowners association to say...
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    Homeowners Association on the Warpath - Advice Please!

    Thanks again for the responses. This doesn't sound promising at all. I guess the HOA really does have the power over the homeowners. I could suggest the various solutions that have been proposed, but I really have no desire to get involved with these people on any grander scale than just...
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    Homeowners Association on the Warpath - Advice Please!

    Thanks for the quick replies! However, it seems that I might be up a creek. The FCC regs are indeed re area controlled soley by the homeowner or tenant. And we are talking about the roof here, which is definitely common area. I just wonder, from a legal standpoint, how much the HOA can...
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    Homeowners Association on the Warpath - Advice Please!

    I've been a homeowner at my condo complex the past 23 years. Recently the president of the homeowners association became obsessed about "cleaning up" all the satellite dishes in our 500 unit development. His main objections have been the many dishes that have gone up that are installed onto...
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    1000+ Upgrade is a joke.

    It's not my intention to turn this into a Directv vs Dish thread. I just wanted to add that I was a huge fan of Dish for nearly ten years, until they missed three consecutive appointments back in April. I pulled the plug. I then scheduled Directv to come last week and they screwed things up...
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    Bronze Package w/Multisport

    No, I actually WANT the various RSNs, as I enjoy the extra college sports, etc. The blackouts really don't bother me at all. It's really not a difference of $4.00, it's a difference of $10.00. I want the Red Sox and Dodger games, so under normal conditions, I would need to get the Silver...
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    Bronze Package w/Multisport

    Thanks for the replies! As a longtime subscriber, I understand the blackout rules for the RSNs outside my region. The question was really the one cyberized answered -- which is, what happens when I activate the Bronze pack and multisport together, which every CR has said I can do. (And...
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    Bronze Package w/Multisport

    Long story short, after nearly a decade with Dish, I got angry with them in April and dumped them. I was set to sign up with Directv this past weekend, but they screwed up my original appointment on Saturday morning, and didn't show up for the second (reschedule) on Sunday. I've still not...
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    Professional Installation Required on a Newly Owned Receiver?

    My cancellation wasn't due just to my insisting on doing the install myself (which as I pointed out, I had already done). There was much more to it. I left out all the stuff about how each time I called in after the no-show appointments, the record of my calls mysteriously vanished. The...
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    Professional Installation Required on a Newly Owned Receiver?

    "Why not simply schedule a day that you are home? The weekend perhaps?????" Well, my feeling is why should I have to schedule anything for something that is already installed and ready to plug and play? In other words, why do I have to go out of my way to play by Dish's ridiculous rules...
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    Professional Installation Required on a Newly Owned Receiver?

    Thanks for the replies! In answer to the question, of what would be the harm of having their tech just take a look at my installation -- that requires a bit of explanation. When I arranged each of the three (non-show) installation appointments, each time I explained to the CR that I didn't...
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    Professional Installation Required on a Newly Owned Receiver?

    Long story short -- I cancelled Dish after being a subscriber for about eight years. I had tried to upgrade from an 811 to a 211 and they missed three consecutive installation appointments. What pushed me over the edge is that the fact that I had already the done the dish upgrade myself to...
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