Getting Dish Network in Canada

[cannibal]

Can anyone tell me how I can get this in Canada? I have seen a few "brokers" online but, I was wondering if there is another way. If so what do I need to get it?
I had one place tell me if I buy equipment from him and a 100 dollar membership he would send me everything I need to get hooked up. I'm not sure I trust him though.

Any help or information is appreciated.

 

[vash1090]

It is against Canadian law. Also, Dish is only licensed to sell to continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, (and maybe some of the Caribbean), but definately not Canada

 

[cannibal]

I know it is against the law,I'm not that worried about that. I don't think they are too concerned with one guy watching tv,they have a lot of other problems to worry about before me...lol

 

[Slamminc11]

I know it is against the law...

which is why you aren't going to get a whole lot of help from here!

 

[Zero327]

I know it is against the law,I'm not that worried about that. I don't think they are too concerned with one guy watching tv,they have a lot of other problems to worry about before me...lol

Quoted for posterity. When the mounties come, I want to laugh at the fact you were arrested by a Mountie, and warned that it could happen.

 

[panache70]

You could always drive to the US, sign up on FlexTV plan through a dealer with a US address (have him activate the receiver before you leave), risk bringing the equipment back accross the border, self-install. It is illegal and not recommended, but that is the only way if you don't want to use a broker and you don't have relatives or friends in the US that will let you piggy back onto their account (also illegal and not recommended).

 

[Hall]

which is why you aren't going to get a whole lot of help from here!

To the contrary, he may get plenty of help, ideas, tips, and so on from here actually !

 

[Islandguy43]

Isn't Bell equipment basically the same as Dish. (at least my friends whom live in Ontario; their 2 tuner hd-dvr stb and remote is) It would seem to me that you could use their equipment to point the the sats and then you would be on your own to find a way to get receiver cards and activate them.

 

[TheKrell]

I bought a Bell 4100 (same as a new improved 111 that Dish never released) thinking that I could simply put it in the Dish stream and have the firmware switch it to a 111. No such luck! This used to be possible with some receivers, but hasn't been in a long time. So, even if you buy a Bell receiver that's physically identical to the Dish equivalent, it will have the wrong firmware on it and it will never update.

 

[Laddyboy]

If I were in Canada, I would stick with ExpressVu or Star Choice, since you can time shift programming as there are CTVs from Halifax to 'Couver and multiple US network feeds across several timezones. Also the signals don't bleed as far north as they once did. Depending on your location, you might need a larger set of antennas to grab enough signal. I used to take a D500 and receiver back and forth across the border when I'd go on a couple week or so fishing trip in the bush and didn't have any problems doing so, but I wasn't a citizen. Your mileage may vary.

 

[pepper rex]

Can anyone tell me how I can get this in Canada? I have seen a few "brokers" online but, I was wondering if there is another way. If so what do I need to get it?
I had one place tell me if I buy equipment from him and a 100 dollar membership he would send me everything I need to get hooked up. I'm not sure I trust him though.

Any help or information is appreciated.

You will have to provide a american SSN to open an account
Do not trust any "broker" to set you up Once they get your money you are helpless since they are selling you an illegal product

 

[sibro]

How about a Canadian working in the states...Im there about 2 months with one month in between...all year around...I heard that Dish asks for a ssn...would my own Canadian 9 digit social security number (same as an American sin) do with a Canadian credit card? or would the account be flagged then denied? because I could then take the reciever home

 

[Mr Tony]

would my own Canadian 9 digit social security number (same as an American sin)

no because when they look it up, it most definitely will peg you as a Canuck

 

[patrick80639]

How about a Canadian working in the states...Im there about 2 months with one month in between...all year around...I heard that Dish asks for a ssn...would my own Canadian 9 digit social security number (same as an American sin) do with a Canadian credit card? or would the account be flagged then denied? because I could then take the reciever home

Dish doesn't ask for a social if you go with the flex tv plain. It's prepaid, so you'd have to buy your own equipment and do your own install or pay for it out of pocket. Not sure if they'd take a Canadian credit card, though. If they don't, you could always get one of those prepaid ones at Walmart.

 

[kikenovic]

Since you work in the US,you could order the receiver and LNBs from an online retailer and have them shipped to your work address. Then you would take them with you to Canada, use an Esterbrook marker to cover the Dish logos and if someone at the border asks, would tell them it is a multimedia player. As per the LNBs, you would tell them they're for fixing your Bell system.
You can then buy a dish in Canada. Not sure if a Bell dish is big enough, or if the arms have the same distance as the E* ones.

Obviously, no reputable retailer will sell you anything if they know what you're trying to do.

Let's remember we're discussing ideas, as to how someone would in theory do something, but it's up to Sibro if he ultimately does it.

 

[peano]

No need to black out logos. It is perfectly legal to import DIRECTV and Dish Network receivers into Canada. And they are duty free.

 

[AntiMoz]

Plenty of dishes available on fleabay, ask your retailer which one to buy depending on which set of sats you plan to use and the receivers you purchase.

 

[Islandguy43]

Bell TV equipment is basically Dish Network.

 

[Mr Tony]

but the receivers have different software in it. SO you cant take a Dish 622 and use it on Bell (as example)

 

[andrewj0781]

Couldn't they have a friend in the USA with Dish get a sling and watch it online?