I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
snowbird minds want to know. Doug

No reason you should not get it

http://satcalculator.freehostia.com/index.php


<doug6388@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
> snowbird minds want to know. Doug
>

There are some areas in the southern US that are no longer in the BEV
footprint.
I forget exactly when, but when they replaced a defective bird a few years
ago, there were a lot of unhappy BEV owners who posted about it.
You might try a larger dish, no guarantees though.

But,..why not just put your Bev sub on "vacation" get a Dish sub while you
are there ?
Far better programming on Dish, and you may find that even when you get back
you don't want to ever switch back to BEV.

And all Bev IRD's can be used for Dish.


"torpainter" <painters1(REMOVEME)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:45e9f7e9$0$28035$88260bb3@news.teranews.com.. .
> No reason you should not get it
>
> http://satcalculator.freehostia.com/index.php
>
>
> <doug6388@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>>I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
>> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
>> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
>> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
>> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
>> snowbird minds want to know. Doug
>>
>
>

you are outside the bev footprint. A while back they started using a more
focused beam, and it cut a bunch of the southern states of the U.S. out. AZ
doesn't get much of anything on bev now because of it. A couple freeviews
and a very minor smattering of crap, so unfortunately you're pretty much SOL
for bev down here in AZ.


<doug6388@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
> snowbird minds want to know. Doug
>

I just got back to Vancouver BC from San Jose, Malibu, Palm Springs, and San
Diego. There are many transponders and channels you cannot get because of
the footprint.
http://satellitetv.digitalinsurrecti..._expressvu.php



<doug6388@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
> snowbird minds want to know. Doug
>

On Mar 4, 8:45 am, "AMUN" <spambloc...@bell.net> wrote:
> There are some areas in the southern US that are no longer in the BEV
> footprint.
> I forget exactly when, but when they replaced a defective bird a few years
> ago, there were a lot of unhappy BEV owners who posted about it.
> You might try a larger dish, no guarantees though.
>
> But,..why not just put your Bev sub on "vacation" get a Dish sub while you
> are there ?
> Far better programming on Dish, and you may find that even when you get back
> you don't want to ever switch back to BEV.
>
> And all Bev IRD's can be used for Dish.
>
> "torpainter" <painters1(REMOVEME)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:45e9f7e9$0$28035$88260bb3@news.teranews.com.. .
>
>
>
> > No reason you should not get it
>
> >http://satcalculator.freehostia.com/index.php
>
> > <doug6...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> >>I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
> >> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
> >> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
> >> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
> >> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
> >> snowbird minds want to know. Doug- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

But,..why not just put your Bev sub on "vacation" get a Dish sub
while you
are there ?
Far better programming on Dish, and you may find that even when you
get back
you don't want to ever switch back to BEV.


And all Bev IRD's can be used for Dish.

I don't suppose I can use my Bev DVR on the Dish Network and will Dish
Network allow me to take the Dish receiver back to Canada and use it
out of the USA without giving them a USA Registration address?
Regards, Doug

Unhappy BEV users who knowingly violated the service agreement?
Slightly ironic to say the least.

It wasnt a "defective bird" and it was late 2003

"AMUN" <spamblocker@bell.net> wrote in message news:eset2k$tq1$1@aioe.org...
> There are some areas in the southern US that are no longer in the BEV
> footprint.
> I forget exactly when, but when they replaced a defective bird a few years
> ago, there were a lot of unhappy BEV owners who posted about it.
> You might try a larger dish, no guarantees though.
>
> But,..why not just put your Bev sub on "vacation" get a Dish sub while
you
> are there ?
> Far better programming on Dish, and you may find that even when you get
back
> you don't want to ever switch back to BEV.
>
> And all Bev IRD's can be used for Dish.
>
>
> "torpainter" <painters1(REMOVEME)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:45e9f7e9$0$28035$88260bb3@news.teranews.com.. .
> > No reason you should not get it
> >
> > http://satcalculator.freehostia.com/index.php
> >
> >
> > <doug6388@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
> >>I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
> >> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
> >> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
> >> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
> >> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
> >> snowbird minds want to know. Doug
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

holy ****, theres an old name we hadnt seen post here in a while.... bev
frustrated with losing the fight and send you back in here again?

lawdogjr wrote:
> Unhappy BEV users who knowingly violated the service agreement?
> Slightly ironic to say the least.
>
> It wasnt a "defective bird" and it was late 2003
>
> "AMUN" <spamblocker@bell.net> wrote in message news:eset2k$tq1$1@aioe.org...
>> There are some areas in the southern US that are no longer in the BEV
>> footprint.
>> I forget exactly when, but when they replaced a defective bird a few years
>> ago, there were a lot of unhappy BEV owners who posted about it.
>> You might try a larger dish, no guarantees though.
>>
>> But,..why not just put your Bev sub on "vacation" get a Dish sub while
> you
>> are there ?
>> Far better programming on Dish, and you may find that even when you get
> back
>> you don't want to ever switch back to BEV.
>>
>> And all Bev IRD's can be used for Dish.
>>
>>
>> "torpainter" <painters1(REMOVEME)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:45e9f7e9$0$28035$88260bb3@news.teranews.com.. .
>>> No reason you should not get it
>>>
>>> http://satcalculator.freehostia.com/index.php
>>>
>>>
>>> <doug6388@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>>>> I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
>>>> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
>>>> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
>>>> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
>>>> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
>>>> snowbird minds want to know. Doug
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Ya, those bad old bev subscribers who spend their winters away from the
snow. or RV owners that move around.
Or testers who just want to see old beachcomber re-runs, or see Susan Hay
give her weather reports.

As I recall, the bev bird was losing transponders so echostar had to
relocate another existing bird into the slot, and to this day two are
sharing the load.
The newer bird had a different signal footprint and does not cover the lower
western US ,and lower Florida.
So some transponders on the original still work, while some on the newer
bird are just not there.





"lawdogjr" <nodoubt@youwish.com> wrote in message
news:RDgHh.41396$xz5.367148@wagner.videotron.net.. .
> Unhappy BEV users who knowingly violated the service agreement?
> Slightly ironic to say the least.
>
> It wasnt a "defective bird" and it was late 2003
>
> "AMUN" <spamblocker@bell.net> wrote in message
> news:eset2k$tq1$1@aioe.org...
>> There are some areas in the southern US that are no longer in the BEV
>> footprint.
>> I forget exactly when, but when they replaced a defective bird a few
>> years
>> ago, there were a lot of unhappy BEV owners who posted about it.
>> You might try a larger dish, no guarantees though.
>>
>> But,..why not just put your Bev sub on "vacation" get a Dish sub while
> you
>> are there ?
>> Far better programming on Dish, and you may find that even when you get
> back
>> you don't want to ever switch back to BEV.
>>
>> And all Bev IRD's can be used for Dish.
>>
>>
>> "torpainter" <painters1(REMOVEME)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:45e9f7e9$0$28035$88260bb3@news.teranews.com.. .
>> > No reason you should not get it
>> >
>> > http://satcalculator.freehostia.com/index.php
>> >
>> >
>> > <doug6388@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>> >>I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
>> >> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
>> >> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
>> >> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
>> >> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
>> >> snowbird minds want to know. Doug
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

I was just talking to someone in phoeniz who is using a starchoice dish
getting 91 perfect
<doug6388@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1172952334.797259.69020@n33g2000cwc.googlegro ups.com...
>I live in Canada and have Bell Expressvu service, but winter in
> Arizona USA and can not receive my same service here in AZ. Am I
> sighting on the wrong satellite or is Bell shielding the signal? Can
> I pay extra or buy a Starchoice service which I understand does NOT
> restrict the receiving location. Tens of thousands of INQUIRING
> snowbird minds want to know. Doug
>