Distant networks question

[sullic82]

I found the website that offers distant networks. I want the Fox from atlanta b/c there are a few shows that they have that i like but dont get on my Green Bay locals. I read that there is a waiver i need to get b/c of my area but will they still allow me to get the network even though i already get locals? OR doesnt it matter if i pay for the waiver?
Thanks

 

[mikew]

You can't pay for the waiver. The distant company sends a request (waiver) to the local Fox station in GB. Most stations will deny the request.

 

[Peter Parker]

I am not sure that the fact that you receive locals now matters. It did but now that distant nets are provided by a separate company that DOES NOT carry your locals it si irrelevant. Still though you should be in a "white area" to get a distant net.

If you search you will find threads here and elsewhere discussing how to "move". In this case some people give AAD (the company providing didtants) an address ina white area and pay the bill by CC.

 

[rdinkel]

I get all locals via Dish. However, I was able to qualify for ABC and NBC with AllAmericanDirect. I later got a waiver from CBS after contacting my local station. At no time did it come up that I was receiving the locals from Dish.

 

[Darrell S]

AAD will charge you a fee to send a waiver request whether you are approved or not. If you are not in a fringe b area or total white area, they will probably just tell you that you do not qualify.

 

[johnnytuinals]

Geronimo Yea hit the nail on the head......
Do a bit of reading Find a Wihite{Meaning no TV for 100 miles or more in a area}
Pay by credit card
Then you might be able to get all 8 stations like most have.
Just wondering is it harder to get all the station like we got when it first started?????
Pay the $10 wavier fee and yea all set...JT

 

[Buzzdar]

i am still reading around the internet that it is just as easy today as when it first started to get all 8 channels using a white area.

 

[MikeD-C05]

A white area address will easily get you the 4 distant networks. Try 71945 zipcode and it qualifies.

 

[KwestJones]

Isn't that how E* got their distants cut off. Bending the rules til they broke?

 

[Peter Parker]

Isn't that how E* got their distants cut off. Bending the rules til they broke?

Perhaps so. However in this case what you need to look at is how those rules apply to AAD not Echostar. In some ways that amay be more "customer friendly' and in some cases it might not. But you do have to look at it that way.