Sizeeasier to leave the LNB in place so no one will know if the dish is in use
when i was selling dish it always bugged me, that new subs objected loudly to a coax on their home, the home is brick so we dont want any holes drilled in it, yeah but look at all the stuff attached to your home currently. theres a remote reading water meter, telephone cable and NID....
how is a dish any different?
They ask it to be returned, but as long as the receiver is returned, there is no charge for the LNB.
Or they could have simply moved. Not everyone has a HO for Dish like you do.
(It doesn't matter because I don't live in Easton, PA. I was just curious.)
I have two Dish Network dishes on my house. One of them is a Dish 1000+ for the full Western Arc, including internationals from 118, that I use for most of my receivers. I also have a Dish 1000.4 for the full Eastern Arc. The only receiver I currently have connected to that dish is a deactivated ViP211k that I occasionally use for watching free preview channels and OTA channels. I wonder how they would categorize my Dish 1000.4 for purposes of this regulation.
Yes, for the few channels for which Dish actually provides guide data.
Actually, I'm sure the city knows about the FCC regulations as their City Attorney most likley informed them, but like a lot of municipal governments they are arrogant and count on the more likely fact that most of the public don't know about the FCC regulations, and most will cower in fear and likley comply with the law and take down those unused reflectors. Meanwhile the city will happily act against FCC regulations until the FCC orders them to STOP. That is often how the game is played: "Yeah, it's illegal, but until we are ordered otherwise, we can do what we want, and in that meantime we can get a lot of those reflectors taken down until the Federal Govt tells us otherwise."
The last several installs I've had, they have thrown the reflector (if necessary to exchange) and all the LNBF's and switches (if necessary to be changed) out in MY GARBAGE bin. I don't believe Dish refurbs ANY of that equipment because it is often weather worn and CHEAPER to use NEW ones with better reliability. Now, independant contractors may take the used equipment and re-sue, but not Dish corp installers. Dish wants the LNBF's back to prevent piracy. However, they can't really press the issue, so if one protests enough (too old, too high up), the fee for LNBF's not being returned can be waived. Sat cos. don't dare push the LNBF's return policy too hard or they know state or federal law will be passed explicitly preventing them from "requiring" return of LNBF. They just hope people return them or they don't question LNBF non-return fees and just pay and shut up. Which is how must of these matters in life depend upon.
