Directv emergency
Just got set up in Florence Or. and realized I had passed out of my last local channel area so I called to update my service address. After about an hour of trying this and that the tech informed m...
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cpd520 wrote:Ed_Gee wrote:
Interesting. I have no problem switching my DISH service over to locals when I travel to Arizona. Guess DirecTV handles it differently ..... Curious - cpd520 - where are you staying in Florence that you could not get the local Channel 34? I live here.
The way he explained it is that Directv leases space on a Dish satellite because it is higher in the sky. Better reception this far north. Maybe different if I had newer equipment.
That DirecTV technician explanation does not make sense to me .... Geosynchronous satellites all have to be located directly above the equatorial plane of earth. None can be located "higher" in latitude or they would not say in the same longitude in orbit. Also, I cannot believe the the two primary satellite TV competitors are sharing satellites. I have never heard of such in the past as they each launch their own satellites. I think your DirecTV technician was either incompetent or just lying to you.
You still did not provide your location in Florence. I'd be curious as to where you were that you could not receive the local FOX station that carried that football game.
