Both Dish and Direct would consider this a violation of the service agreement. Do people do it? Certainly all the time.
I personally have no problem with the customer taking a receiver with them and using it at the vacation home. Infact many people will call for a dish mover to get the second home setup. Then they just call and change the address when ever they go to the vaction home. Thats fine, and I don't belive either satco has a problem with it.
What they do not like is having a receiver or receivers at both locations at the same times. Infact it is my job as an installer to report this if I find it. As such the extra receivers are reported not onsite, and they are shut off.
So your saying if you came to my place you would require I PROVE all my recvrs are at my home ?
Good luck with that .....
Both companies show what receivers are listed on the account on the work order. If I show up and a receiver is not on site, the installer is required to report that receiver not on site.
Let's say I go to a Direct customers house to upgrade one of their receivers to HD. The work order has listed 4 receivers on the customer account. I show up and only two of the receivers are onsite. I report what two recivers are onsite by getting the RID number off of the box. This number is not listed on the work order. I report to my office that only 2 IRD's onsite, the other two will most likely get shut off.
Same with Dish I am required to verify that all IRD's listed on the work order are present. If not I am to report any that are not there.
New clarification of policy per directv
As long as the service is only being used in one location at a time the service can be moved back and forth from a vacation spot .
This policy is now in clear black and white in our policy database, so there should be no more problems wih these issues.
New clarification of policy per directv
As long as the service is only being used in one location at a time the service can be moved back and forth from a vacation spot .
This policy is now in clear black and white in our policy database, so there should be no more problems wih these issues.
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I thought your job for that order was to do an INSTALL .... why are you nosing around in other places other than where the job is ?
What happens if the guy says, Yes I have a recvr in the bed room and one in the guest room..... do you go any try to look to make sure ?
If so, your likely to get shot looking around in someone elses home.
If he says thats where they are, do you believe him or inquire further ?
It's called doing my job. If I am changing the system I have to make sure all IRD's are working before I leave. You bet I am gonna want to look at those other IRD's.
It may be a gray area or against TOS or whatever you want to call it, but if you are as you say and will only be at one house or the other. Who cares - just do it, but don't tell D* and don't plug in a phone line at the vacation house. If no one finds out, you'll get service.:
I bet you get refused in peoples homes also when you pull that type of crap.
Your job is to INSTALL, not AUDIT .... of course if your a D* auditor then you've been telling stories all along.
I'm with Jimbo on this. If you came to my house to do install a box (which you wouldn't because I do it myself) and wanted to look at all my receivers, I would seriously question your motives and deny you access. A man's home is his castle, tread lightly!