Portable DISH in Canada
Can I use my dish tailgater in Canada and will it work? Heading to southern Alberta and British Columbia.
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almcc wrote:luckyd wrote:
We used our Dish tailgater all across Canada. We got our monthly bill by email and were able to pay it. The only problem we had was not being able to change locations for local programming. We crossed the border back into Canada and got local programming out of Seattle, that being the closest city to where we crossed. We could not change again until we crossed back into the USA in Maine.
Dish will only answer a USA phone number and you are NOT legally allowed to use Dish in Canada.
Actually it's not a legal issue (at least here in Canada), it's an issue with the American and Canadian networks concerned about rebroadcasting their programs in other countries (and missing ad revenue). I checked with our CRTC (the Canadian equivalent of the American broadcast regulator) and they stated that they have no issues with us receiving Canadian programs elsewhere.
The CRTC doesn't give a flip what happens outside their jurisdiction. They only get involved if you try to use a foreign market device to access foreign broadcasts, while in Canada. The companies on both sides of the border know that this happens, but it's not in their interests to pursue the few cases that occur every year,for a short time.
