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Originally Posted by Sky_Boss
Not quite true. You need to register for DNS service to get the national broadcasts feeds. DNS costs about $15/mo if I recall correctly. As a full timer without any home it is a great service. It is against FCC regulations to have DNS in a home site except under some very specific conditions.
BTW...when you go DNS you get either the East coast feeds if your BILLING ADDRESS is in the eastern or central time zones and West coast feeds if in the Mountain or Pacific time zones. Some channels like PBS only have one feed.
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Sky_Boss
You are correct.
I find it strange that that "DNS link" says nothing about
"DNS
for RVs".
There is a DirecTV/FCC provision/rule whereby DNS programming, (either E or W), can be purchased for any RV with a "permanently mounted" satellite dish attached.
See:
https://support.directv.com/app/answ...ns-in-my-rv%3F
My billing address is in Wisconsin and I've had DirecTV DNS,
(in my RV
only), since 2005...(I get both E & W feeds, anywhere in the U.S.)
I currently pay another $20 a mo., (in addition to the price of a regular DirecTV program subscription).
To qualify for
DirecTV DNS, I had to send DirecTV
a copy of my RV registration, along with a
signed affidavit stating that my RV had a
permanently mounted dish antenna.
In 2010 DirecTV gave me the choice of:
1.) being
"grandfathered into" both E & W DNS network feeds, (for an additional $5 mo.), $20 total.
OR
2.) East DNS network feeds ONLY (at the
former price of $15 mo. for both).
Both E & W network stations are
no longer available to new subscribers.
Currently,
new DirecTV DNS RV customers can
only get
either E OR W, (depending upon their
billing address).
If your
billing address is in the Eastern, (or Central), time zone you
cannot get
west coast network stations, (you will only get the
east network stations, no matter where you camp in the country.... (unless you change your
billing address to one in the Mountain or Pacific time zones).
You have no choice in the matter.
DirecTV's, (and the FCC's), information, rules and regulations are confusing, (and constantly changing).
No wonder they are often misunderstood, (even by DirecTV customer service personnel).
BTW, IMO, that's why
"satellite TV" is the 3rd most common
RV forum topic, (behind
black tank odor and the
kind of toilet paper to use).
Mel
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