They're taking away my DirecTV!!--Any DC-area posters? - Dallas Cowboys Forum

Kittymama · 05-23-2005

Aargh!!!! After having my dish with absolutely no problems for over a year (& having filled out all the requisite paperwork), my apartment complex suddenly "discovered" that where some of us have our dishes isn't acceptable. (I have no doubt Comcast is behind it & is paying them a kickback for every one of us forced to give up our DTV--given that it's the largest apartment-rental company in the area & every day someone new gets a dish.)

So that means I can't get Sunday Ticket or Fox Sports Southwest.

Are there any DC-area board members who have DTV & would be willing to tape "Southwest Sports Report" during TC & the season--& tape the games (& Cowboys Huddle when it's carried)? I'm about ready to shoot myself. Seriously, if it wasn't for the fact that I want to move to Miami in about a year, I would turn in my notice today & move to another place in a heartbeat.

lspain1 · 05-23-2005

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Originally Posted by Kittymama

Aargh!!!! After having my dish with absolutely no problems for over a year (& having filled out all the requisite paperwork), my apartment complex suddenly "discovered" that where some of us have our dishes isn't acceptable. (I have no doubt Comcast is behind it & is paying them a kickback for every one of us forced to give up our DTV--given that it's the largest apartment-rental company in the area & every day someone new gets a dish.)

So that means I can't get Sunday Ticket or Fox Sports Southwest.

Are there any DC-area board members who have DTV & would be willing to tape "Southwest Sports Report" during TC & the season--& tape the games (& Cowboys Huddle when it's carried)? I'm about ready to shoot myself. Seriously, if it wasn't for the fact that I want to move to Miami in about a year, I would turn in my notice today & move to another place in a heartbeat.

Kitty,

You have rights in this area. Federal satellite reception laws place limitations on the ability of apartments to force you to remove "reasonable" installations. I would do some research before you give in to the situation. I don't know your circumstances but ask some questions before pressing the panic button.

dbair1967 · 05-23-2005

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Originally Posted by lspain1

Kitty,

You have rights in this area. Federal satellite reception laws place limitations on the ability of apartments to force you to remove "reasonable" installations. I would do some research before you give in to the situation. I don't know your circumstances but ask some questions before pressing the panic button.

I agree...definitely do your homework on this...unless you have it mounted directly to the building (ie, the wall) or the roof then there isnt much they can do to prevent you from having it

David

Yeagermeister · 05-23-2005

I work for an apartment company and we allow people to have a dish but it just can't be attached to the building but that is just our policy.

Spontae · 05-23-2005

When I was renting a condo, the restriction applied re: no attachments to the building for satellite. So, being the inventive type, I went to Home Depot and purchased three items: one plastic outdoor flower pot (about a foot and a half diameter), one standard six-foot aluminum fence pole and one bag of quick-dry cement. Cement the pole into the center of the flower pot, let it dry, then fasten your dish to the top of the pole in your backyard and point it at the southern sky (run the wire inside through an available window screen.) Works fine. Good luck.

Kittymama · 05-23-2005

The dish is attached to the railing. I had to submit a drawing showing where it would be attached. AND sign an addendum that clearly said they are allowed to be attached to railings. Now they're changing it, but they can't seem to make up their mind as to why. On the notice they sent out, they were claiming it was for aesthetic reasons (altho they didn't mind it for over a year). When I called, tho, they were saying it's for insurance purposes, & the dish can be on the railing but only if it were to fall that it would fall on to our balcony--meaning nothing allowed to overhang the railing. Mine does overhang the railing, altho it's still within the confines of the overall balcony.

Anyone know where I could look to find more info.? As I said, I have a strong suspicion Comcast is paying them some sort of kickback on this. I live in a heavily minority community, & my experience has been that landlords (& other businesses) pull a lot of crap in this county because they think the residents either don't know enough to fight back or are afraid to.

Sportsbabe · 05-23-2005

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Originally Posted by lspain1

You have rights in this area. Federal satellite reception laws place limitations on the ability of apartments to force you to remove "reasonable" installations. I would do some research before you give in to the situation.

I ran into the same situation last year when I was planning on moving to a new complex. They said I couldn't put up a dish. A poster provided me a link to an FCC site that had the laws for satellite installation/possession. I printed the info but I don't know the link. I can fax it to you if you like. If you follow these guidelines, no one can premit you from installing a dish.

djmajestik · 05-23-2005

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Originally Posted by Spontae

When I was renting a condo, the restriction applied re: no attachments to the building for satellite. So, being the inventive type, I went to Home Depot and purchased three items: one plastic outdoor flower pot (about a foot and a half diameter), one standard six-foot aluminum fence pole and one bag of quick-dry cement. Cement the pole into the center of the flower pot, let it dry, then fasten your dish to the top of the pole in your backyard and point it at the southern sky (run the wire inside through an available window screen.) Works fine. Good luck.

I did the same thing in mine when my old place did this to me. WOrked beautifully, although you need to see the southern portion of the sky from your balcony.

Kittymama · 05-23-2005

Unforunately, I just looked at the FCC site--& it does say that dishes which overhang a "common area" (which I think mine does) can be prohibited. That's how the complex has decided to suddenly define dishes like mine. I remember that the installer was barely able to get me line of site because of where I'm located. I'm going to have them come & see if they can move the dish, but I'm afraid it probably isn't going to work.

So back to the question--anyone from the DC area who gets NFL Sunday Ticket?

Smith22 · 05-23-2005

I'm closer to Bmore, but I don't subscribe to the FoxSports channels.

ghettogandhi · 05-23-2005

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Originally Posted by Kittymama

Unforunately, I just looked at the FCC site--& it does say that dishes which overhang a "common area" (which I think mine does) can be prohibited. That's how the complex has decided to suddenly define dishes like mine. I remember that the installer was barely able to get me line of site because of where I'm located. I'm going to have them come & see if they can move the dish, but I'm afraid it probably isn't going to work.

So back to the question--anyone from the DC area who gets NFL Sunday Ticket?

if Im not mistaken I believe a change in the terms of the lease also gives the leasee the opportunity to void the lease- if that is the case I would void your lease and move to another apmt either in the same complex or another-

by the way where do you live- I live in Prince Georges County and this sounds like the sort of thing that happens here- also what complex- is it southern mngmt cause it sounds like them?

**BrAinPaiNt** · 05-23-2005

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Originally Posted by Kittymama

Aargh!!!! After having my dish with absolutely no problems for over a year (& having filled out all the requisite paperwork), my apartment complex suddenly "discovered" that where some of us have our dishes isn't acceptable. (I have no doubt Comcast is behind it & is paying them a kickback for every one of us forced to give up our DTV--given that it's the largest apartment-rental company in the area & every day someone new gets a dish.)

So that means I can't get Sunday Ticket or Fox Sports Southwest.

Are there any DC-area board members who have DTV & would be willing to tape "Southwest Sports Report" during TC & the season--& tape the games (& Cowboys Huddle when it's carried)? I'm about ready to shoot myself. Seriously, if it wasn't for the fact that I want to move to Miami in about a year, I would turn in my notice today & move to another place in a heartbeat.

They are taking it away because you are a bad girl and make too much noise and break too many things on sundays.

k19 · 05-23-2005

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Originally Posted by BrAinPaiNt

They are taking it away because you are a bad girl and make too much noise and break too many things on sundays.

If that was the case people who be losing it by the thousands, myself included

Dough Boy · 05-23-2005

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Originally Posted by Kittymama

Aargh!!!! After having my dish with absolutely no problems for over a year (& having filled out all the requisite paperwork), my apartment complex suddenly "discovered" that where some of us have our dishes isn't acceptable. (I have no doubt Comcast is behind it & is paying them a kickback for every one of us forced to give up our DTV--given that it's the largest apartment-rental company in the area & every day someone new gets a dish.)

So that means I can't get Sunday Ticket or Fox Sports Southwest.

Are there any DC-area board members who have DTV & would be willing to tape "Southwest Sports Report" during TC & the season--& tape the games (& Cowboys Huddle when it's carried)? I'm about ready to shoot myself. Seriously, if it wasn't for the fact that I want to move to Miami in about a year, I would turn in my notice today & move to another place in a heartbeat.

I'm in the area and have Direct TV and TiVo...

Below is the distinction of what you may be experiencing.

If the tenant has an area where they have "exclusive use and control", such as a balcony or patio, they may place a dish there. (Fire escapes and the exterior of windows on the side of a building where there are no balconies are NOT areas of "exclusive use and control"; roofs and yards are not either in most cases, but could be in fee-simple townhome situations and in the case of rented single-family homes.) The landlord certainly reserves the right to forbid the tenant from drilling holes into the wall or otherwise damaging the structure, but may certainly allow the tenant to do so if they so choose; the landlord may also require that a dish be placed where it has minimum visual impact IF it won't affect reception.

- If the tenant does NOT have an area where they have "exclusive use or control" (faces the wrong way, etc.), the landlord doesn't have to allow the installation of a dish at all.

k19 · 05-23-2005

Quit being such a bandwagon fan KM. A real fan would tell management to shove it and buy a house just so they could watch the beloved Boys. Its a small expense to view greatness