so how do I get direct tv in canada?

[aod38]

Can anyone help me? I'm with Bell and they really suck.

[aod38]

bump

[pacificvibes]

Q: Is DIRECTV® service available in Mexico or Canada?
A: DIRECTV® is legally prohibited from transmitting a signal outside the US.


sorry mate


heres the link in case you dont believe me

http://www.aitelephone.com/direct-tv...tv-faq.html#21

[mikejet]

Technically though, since it's from a satellite, wouldn't the signal covers certain areas of Canada?

[pacificvibes]

thats what I thought but then I read this

Direct TV Canada is a hot issue in most Direct TV Forums recently. I found an interesting article that related to this topic :P

I have post this article below for your review:-

"DIRECTV, Inc. is a unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. which is a division of General Motors or GMH on the New York stock exchange.

DirecTV Canada is currently not authorized to broadcast nor to distribute or sell their programming in Canada.

They nonetheless do sell their subscriptions to Canadians through the artifice of US post office boxes and Canadian satellite dealers with the US Corporation knowingly operating unlawfully.

It defrauds the Canadian government and the Canadian taxpayer out of MILLIONS of dollars annually! The RCMP, through instructions from Industry Canada, aid and abet this illicit scheme to defraud Canada own government by helping this DirecTV Canada by going after Canadian satellite dealers as Canadian court rulings have found.

"DirecTV has duped the RCMP", said Mr. Justice Craig in the provincial British Columbia in a court ruling on November 19, 1996 at page 130. In The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Mr. Justice Charles E. Haliburton stated” the illegal activity, indeed, is the activity of DirecTV Canada who are clandestinely selling their signals to Canadians by the artifice of post office boxes within the USA". (See ruling enclosed.) We knew that DirecTV Canada broadcasts its signal into Canada by claiming that the signals naturally” flow over” into Canada.

This is an outrageous untruth and satellites can send” spot beams” like ANIK satellites do and can be aimed to cover whatever territory is desired for coverage with a relatively small amount of “flow over".

Canada is the second largest country in the world, even larger in area than the United States and “flow over from the USA would cover less than 5% of Canada if this was desired.

[aod38]

yeah I saw on their website that its not available in canada, but I install home theaters for a living and I have so many customers that have direct tv

[pacificvibes]

Originally Posted by aod38

yeah I saw on their website that its not available in canada, but I install home theaters for a living and I have so many customers that have direct tv

so why dont you ask them how to go about getting it then???

[Moefiz]

Originally Posted by aod38

yeah I saw on their website that its not available in canada, but I install home theaters for a living and I have so many customers that have direct tv

You can get it in Canada but it won't be legal.Talk to some people that you know they will steer you in the right direction.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by aod38

I install home theaters for a living and I have so many customers that have direct tv

If u rat them out to the police u can make some $$ on the deal.