Originally posted by Card Trader
So it is your "right" to get a service, a relatively new service even if you don't meet the requirements? That doesn't make too much sense to me....it would be like someone getting upset at the Cable company because they don't provide service to a very rural area. Clear the trees if you want.
When we moved back to AZ while looking for a home we lived in an apartment for about a year, I rigged a little support for my dish and it worked great....I'd be happy to email you a drawing of what I did.
If it's that important to you, yes. When looking for a home that was one of the things(not a huge importance but still was a consideration) we looked for.
I'll give you my situation. My apartment faces north, the tree outside my balcony even stops me from putting a dish on a pole and facing it south over the roof.
My girlfriend's apartment, in the same complex, has a south balcony. There's a tree in front in the parking lot that has always blocked access by dish. Last winter several branches came down in a storm, they cut more branches as a safety precaution and suddenly that tree is not an issue.
But, there's a tree about 100 feet away in a different complex that MIGHT be an issue.
I happen to really like where i live, for years I had rent control (San Jose) when rents all around me were skyrocketing(Cupertino). I like the area, I like everything except I can't get Directv. I HOPE I can now, I won't know for sure until tomorrow morning when my professional installer tries to figure out why I can't get a signal with my pole and stand setup.
When I moved in there I don't even think it was legal to put a dish up I believe that law came in later(I have been there nearly 10 years now).
I'd like to move permanently, be it condo, townhouse you name it, but that's something I'm saving for. I don't want to move just to get southern exposure, and I guarantee you my girlfriend won't move for that reason.
I guarantee you I'm not alone. 2 people in the complex saw me trying to set up the dish recently and said "I'm a Dolphin/Jet fan can I watch games at your place on Sunday?" THey all have the same problem, no shot at the South in that complex.
The bar across the street says they show all games, they do, but most have no sound, most are tucked away in corners on small tv's, AND, they reserve the right to turn off less watched games to accommodate the crowds. Which means more than once off went the Cards game so more 49er fans(who are on every weekend anyways) can buy food and drink and watch there. I understand why, it's simple economics they make more money off them than they will off Cards fans since there are so few in the Bay Area, but it limits my ability to see the games.
I personally think the NFL is underestimating how much people would pay to watch their favorite team each weekend.
