Directv
If I sign up for Directv with a billing address in Florida, what network affiliates can I expect to receive? Back story I was a long time (20 years) Directv customer receiving both LA & NY distant ne...
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2chiefsRus wrote:
original poster here - I called a couple different times today, something I used to do trying to find someone at AT&T who actually knows what they are talking about, still getting conflicting information from them. I think I will go back to my original plan and spend the money to convert the Traveler to Dish this spring before heading out. AT&T just don't seem to want my business.
The accurate info is here. You CANNOT get local FL channels once you get too far away from your home stations. There are things called spot beams that broadcast the signal. Imagine a flashlight shining on the Earth and only covering a few hundred miles. Once you drive outside the flashlight beam you are "in the dark" and will lose ALL Network programming. Things like Food Network and TBS are NOT using a spot beam but rather a CONUS beam (CONtinential US) and are available where ever you travel in the US, some of Canada and some of Mexico. Even AK but SD only and it takes a bit of magic with a Trav'ler.
Yes, DNS is still available but you can receive only East or West. This is determined by where the RV is registered. If you are in ET or CT time zones you will get East MT or PT time zones get the West feed.
DISH is not a bad plan but their signals are spot beamed as well so leaving FL using DISH will cause the same loss of signal but it is much easier to change your location with DISH than it is with DTV.
I have been fulltime with DTV since 2000 and have both E & W so I'm pretty spoiled by the Grandfathered DTV service I have.
