Hi I'm a Canadian who loved the fact that I was able to get Direct TV up until last May. Nice weather came and it was no issues that the problems have not been resolved... Now we soon will be going into the fall and and the issues don't look like they will be resolved. A friend mentioned Pan sat to me but did not fully fill me in on the particulars and I was wondering about more info! According to my friend most Canadians position the dish so they can pick up the "BELL" express Vu programs. Is this really a free satellite or is it like the DirecTV where it will go down and then I have to find someone to reprogram the card? Any advise would be very helpful so I can decide to pay $400 can for this system!!!