8ntw8tn wrote:
............. I'm told, by local representatives, that as long as my billing address remains the same, I'll continue to get my present local channels. ............
If you get more than 2-300 miles from your home area you will not be able to get your home local channels. The signals are transmitted in a "spot beam" meaning the satellite sends those signals to cover basically a round "spot" on the earth centered around a major population center. Think of it as a spot light shining down on the earth.
Your account will have two addresses, a billing address and a service address. The billing address is where the bill will go to, generally your home. The service address defines which spot beam you will receive. Generally the service address is also your home unless you want it to be some other location. When we travel outside the range of our local spot beam I just call Dish, give them our new service address (the address of the RV park), and a few minutes later we receive local channels of the nearest major population center to that RV park. As long as we do not travel too far from home I do not change the service address and continue to receive the home locals.
