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Originally Posted by redmile04
Question for you tv experts, I may be moving to BC soon from Calgary , not trying to be shady or ask ilegally which I might be , in that case please just let me know.
Say I have satellite, either Bell or Shaw Direct, and I install the dish in Vancouver but don't call the company , will I continue to get the flames/oilers sportsnet games ? Is this highly illegal or just a bit shady. Does anyone do it?
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I don't think it's illegal but maybe shady. I had Bell satellite when I moved to BC from Calgary and informed them that I moved. They even sent me a new dish and changed my billing address but they never changed my dish location, so I was receiving Alberta hockey programming. I didn't even know that Bell used two addresses but I never complained because I understood that it was a win for me. The only problem was that all my programming was an hour off and this was a bother. This changed when I upgraded to HD and Bell went to the Calgary address to upgrade my dish. I've since ordered Centre Ice to satisfy my hockey needs. So yeah technically, but maybe not legally you can have Bell in Calgary and than
set up your own dish in BC, don't tell them of your address change and continue to receive Calgary programming as the programming is associated with your receiver.
I don't know how Shaw Direct does their programming though but I know many snowbirds take their receivers south with them to watch Canadian TV. This doesn't work well with Bell because their new satellites are spotlighted to cover only Canada and the border states.
One other consideration is that is your new BC location compatible with satellite TV. What I mean is are their trees or buildings blocking your view of the satellites?