direct tv

I have deleted several posts that were not related to the OP's question about bringing a Direct TV dish into Canada. Please stick to the topic.

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... Eric (Moderator)

If you check the DTV beam maps vast portions of Canada are excluded. But the reality is that the beams aren't precise so the signal is available north of the border. And in the western portion of Canada DTV includes Alaska and SE Alaska. As a result a significant portion of BC and Yukon are covered.

The following information is incorrect. We had DTV service all along the Alaskan Highway with our RF Mogul dish which is a basic Slimline 3 and certainly not 7'. But the birds are very low and you do need line of sight. It would not surprise me if domes with there much smaller antennas would not work in Alaska.

Now if he says it won't work in Alaska I will agree with him. If you want to watch Directv in Alaska you will need at least a 7 foot dish and a clear view of the horizon at 10 degrees elevation.

Canadians aren't supposed to use theirs south of the border either. Heard of a snowbird who called tech support and when they found out he was in the US, they cut off his account. Might work the other way around too - FCC rules and all.

And here we go...

pappcam wrote:

mernmb wrote:
here is a wild question. My husband read that direct tv isn't legal in Canada. Now he's worried that the border will confiscate our direct tv box out of our rv at the crossing. anyone with direct tv in US who crosses ever hear of such nonsense?

Where do people get these ideas from? DirecTV isn't "illegal" up here but a person does need a US address or PO box to get service.

You'll be fine.

Its illegal for canadians
google it

watched it for years but they kept raiding my supplier and spoofing the cards ,too aggravating so I gave it up ,netflix is better anyway

mernmb wrote:
here is a wild question. My husband read that direct tv isn't legal in Canada. Now he's worried that the border will confiscate our direct tv box out of our rv at the crossing. anyone with direct tv in US who crosses ever hear of such nonsense?

Where do people get these ideas from? DirecTV isn't "illegal" up here but a person does need a US address or PO box to get service.

You'll be fine.

But they are looking for guns---not satellite receivers.

Not a problem. I've been using Direct TV for about ten years in Canada.

GM

I don't think using DirecTv in Canada is illegal. It's not legal for DirecTv to have accounts outside of the US.

It is not legal for Canadians to have direct TV service, but many still do ,you are fine.