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Old 12-10-2018, 04:48 PM   #15
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Why would I use DTV for anything else then watching TV?.......
Still not understanding. He asked if you have the DNS Service with DTV. Your response was about hotspots. How are those two things related?
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What's your definition of DNS?.....and I already said No...I don't need the nets phonebook...
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DNS or Distant Network Service is needed to receive the big 4 networks outside of your service area.

Local networks are spot beamed in about 200 mile circles, so you get to see your local commercials.
When you leave the beam, you get nothing, unless you call DirecTV and change your service address. That has been reported to be a big pain by many customers.

With DNS, you choose between LA or NYC network service. It is not spot beamed but sent everywhere and no matter where you are you get to enjoy that city's commercials. Time zones get a bit off.

Because I lived near NYC, DNS is just my network channels on higher numbers ( around 390 and up ).
I have been traveling for years, without changing my NJ service address, all over the eastern half of the US, including the FL. Keys, watching the news from NY City.
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I don't do this because the wife stays home....she'd lose them....and I can get what I need with the antenna ....and phone apps
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What's your definition of DNS?.....and I already said No...I don't need the nets phonebook...
This is the Definition from AT&T/Directv website, "Watch local network stations with Distant Network Service (DNS). Distant Network Service (DNS) lets you to watch ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC channels from New York or Los Angeles."

https://www.att.com/esupport/article...71?gsi=43lmzfM

So the answer is, hotspots have nothing to do with DNS.
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And see above post...and having wifi tied in with my phone and the apps, created by the hot spots, can watch and cast to the tv if I so desire...
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I got it Bob, I was just answering my own question. I was really confused, but it's all good now.
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