RoyB wrote:
This is all condoned by DIRECTV so you don't have to think you are doing something illegal. Like mention above you will lose your local channels as soon as you leave your neighborhood ZIP CODE.
Even typing it in CAPS, does not make it correct. You will not lose your Network programming when you leave your neighborhood much less your zip code.
Generally, an area is serviced by a spot beam that is at least a couple of hundred miles and sometimes more than 500 miles. It just depends upon the size of the market served and the particular direction you travel.