I too am an out of market sports fan trying to get my locals. I'm definitely out of my preferred spot beam, though. I am from New England, but stuck in Texas (in the Army).
Boston HD Locals (big 4 only) are sent out on the 61.5 CONUS feed. I have a home in NH and one in Texas. I would love to make my service address NH so I can pay for locals and get the Boston HD locals (the NH address qualifies).
Does anyone know if this is even physically possible? I don't think I'd go through with it, because if it doesn't work, my wife would kill me while we sorted it all out with no TV.
Also, there's the regional sports net (NESN) issue. How do I tell if that is sent out on a CONUS feed or a spot beam. I can get NESN as part of the sports pack, but they block out all the Red Sox games (understandable) and pre- and post-game shows, and anything esle with "a significant amount of game footage," (which seems excessive). If that's on a CONUS feed and I have a service address that is within the primary market, will the games be blocked out?
Thanks for any advice!