Direct TV Trucker Waiver

mustang652 wrote:

PDDGM wrote:
....I am an old tightwad and hate paying more for what I am already paying for(local channels). Also I don't have the dish on my rig, so guessing that is not an issue, just fibbing a little..

Didn't find out until the our last trip that a our "big Brother", tax every thing government created a new "regulation" for viewing the national channels when away from our prime location. Of course, DTV benefits from the extra fees, so they haven't raised Cain over the issue. I got the paperwork, and felt that it just wasn't worth the hassle or the extra monthly expense and now I find out that I have to have an HD box. I just go on and hook up the local cable feed during set up. I'm not a big fan of the national channels or their news programs and hook to the cable primarily to catch local weather.

I only want the local channels to watch a couple of shows a week. Am going to check to see if they are on via the computer. I just can't see them being worth 15.00 more a month. The lady I talked to yesterday, never mentioned I had to have a hd receiver to use the service, had to have a hd receiver to get local channels where we are now. Interesting, get you money and then tell you your equipment needs upgraded and then won't do that because you live full time in a Rv and don't have a stick house. LOL