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Ny Locals going to spot?

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tomdkat

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Anyone know If NY NY locals are going to go to spot beam anytime soon? I really don't want to have to "move" back west.
 
BobaBird said:
Dish RV waiver? This would be in case they're ever again allowed to offer distant network service?
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RV waiver refers to a wavier for RV users. Because they could be anywhere, in the US, they use a "national" network channel. An RV user could not get their locals if their locals were on spot beam and they were out of the beam coverage.

The "standard" waiver was given by the local networks allowing people to get distants. It is very unlikely Dish will ever be able to offer distants in the future.
 
tomdkat said:
Anyone know If NY NY locals are going to go to spot beam anytime soon? I really don't want to have to "move" back west.
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I see you are even using the word "soon". Not a word to worry about around here.

IMO, someday all LiL's will be spotbeams. Dish will have to do that to prove they don't provide locals out of their designated DMA. This would show the FCC they are trying as best they can that they are complying with the court order.

Hopefully AAD will provide the HD's when that day comes.
 

but since Dish lost the Distants fight a year + ago they had to shut off ALL distants INCLUDING the ones who legally got them
 
But as of right now the reason they're not on Spotbeam is Puerto Rico

Before locals became available in PR that is how PR got the networks. They were "blanket waiver" for all 4 nets. Once the networks became available in PR they no longer allow people to get NY locals. ABC & NBC in PR are the NY feeds with local commercials inserted
from the ekb

 
Iceberg said:
But as of right now the reason they're not on Spotbeam is Puerto Rico... Once the networks became available in PR they no longer allow people to get NY locals.
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How's that again? Right now there is no reason left preventing NY locals from going spotbeam?
 
TheKrell said:
How's that again? Right now there is no reason left preventing NY locals from going spotbeam?
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there are subs in Puerto Rico who have NY locals. They were not part of the "Dish must shut down all distants Dec 1, 06" for some odd reason
 
from my posts above and the ekb

San Juan/Ponce/Caguas/Mayagüez
*ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox from NY no longer available to new subscribers.
* PBS XD available to San Juan (Puerto Rico) local subscribers for $1 additional.
 
Iceberg said:
there are subs in Puerto Rico who have NY locals. They were not part of the "Dish must shut down all distants Dec 1, 06" for some odd reason
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Hi Iceburg:

I have been a Dish Network customer in PR since 2000 and I had the Distant Networks and when our networks came available they took my New York and Los Angeles away from me. But I still can get from NPS the Atlanta and San Francisco ones.
 
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interesting....I thought they were able to keep the NY nets even though the PR "locals" were available
 

I think RV'rs would much prefer the Boston locals over the NY ones.
 
Iceberg said:
interesting....I thought they were able to keep the NY nets even though the PR "locals" were available
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No we don't ,since the DNS were shut, However we have Networks from NY via a local affiliate (NBC PR Ch 14,CW Ch 17,ABC PR Ch 20,FOX PR CH 24 and CBS Caribbean CH 37).
 
I think most RV's use SD receivers, and according to "The List" both NY and Boston SD locals are on spot beams now.

6300 WABC (7) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 15 8PSK Area 6 beam Available
6300 WABC (7) MPEG4 HD 61.5°W 17 8PSK ConUS beam Available
6301 WCBS (2) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 15 8PSK Area 6 beam Available
6301 WCBS (2) MPEG4 HD 61.5°W 17 8PSK ConUS beam Available
6302 WNBC (4) MPEG4 HD 61.5°W 17 8PSK ConUS beam Available
Number Name (Remap) Type Satellite Transponder Modulation Beam Availability
6302 WNBC (4) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 15 8PSK Area 6 beam Available
6303 WNYW (5) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 15 8PSK Area 6 beam Available
6303 WNYW (5) MPEG4 HD 61.5°W 17 8PSK ConUS beam Available
6304 WPIX (11) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 15 8PSK Area 6 beam Not Available
6318 WCVB (5) MPEG4 HD 61.5°W 21 8PSK ConUS beam Available
6318 WCVB (5) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 05 8PSK Area 6 beam Available
6319 WBZ (4) MPEG4 HD 61.5°W 21 8PSK ConUS beam Available
6319 WBZ (4) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 05 8PSK Area 6 beam Available
6320 WHDH (7) MPEG4 HD 61.5°W 21 8PSK ConUS beam Available
6320 WHDH (7) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 05 8PSK Area 6 beam Available
6321 WFXT (25) MPEG4 SD 61.5°W 05 8PSK Area 6 beam Available
6321 WFXT (25) MPEG4 HD 61.5°W 21 8PSK ConUS beam Available
 
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