Background: City rowhouse that we own has multiple units on different floors, and the resident on the top floor has existing DTV service. We had the DTV guy out today to do some maintenance.
We discovered that the neighboring buildings on both sides have taps into our dish. A few years ago, one of those buildings had about five assorted dishes. Now, they are all gone, and there are multiple hookups leading to the single dish on our roof.
No one ever called or asked about doing this. I suppose if it were the electric company or the phone company, it would be ok, and they probably do it all the time. But someone had to have walked across our roof, which is risky.
I am not worried about theft, since I'm sure all these accounts have their own boxes anyway, and that's how DTV is billed. And I guess it looks better than the alternative of a dozen dishes up on the roof that would otherwise make it look like a spy station. But don't the installers need permission before egress? What's to stop me (or the upstairs tenant) from just dismantling the darn thing?
There are also numerous holes that were drilled in the mortar of the chimney. These holes are right next to the existing DTV dish. Does DTV go around drilling holes like that? That exposes the chimney to potential water damage.
Final question: does this setup pose signal degradation issues?
Thanks!
We discovered that the neighboring buildings on both sides have taps into our dish. A few years ago, one of those buildings had about five assorted dishes. Now, they are all gone, and there are multiple hookups leading to the single dish on our roof.
No one ever called or asked about doing this. I suppose if it were the electric company or the phone company, it would be ok, and they probably do it all the time. But someone had to have walked across our roof, which is risky.
I am not worried about theft, since I'm sure all these accounts have their own boxes anyway, and that's how DTV is billed. And I guess it looks better than the alternative of a dozen dishes up on the roof that would otherwise make it look like a spy station. But don't the installers need permission before egress? What's to stop me (or the upstairs tenant) from just dismantling the darn thing?
There are also numerous holes that were drilled in the mortar of the chimney. These holes are right next to the existing DTV dish. Does DTV go around drilling holes like that? That exposes the chimney to potential water damage.
Final question: does this setup pose signal degradation issues?
Thanks!
