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Old October 19th, 2008   #14 (permalink)
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Re: Southern Ontario FTA dealers

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Originally Posted by Cam Allan View Post
Great info. Until yesterday, when I went to Brantford dealer, who knows everything, most dealers feed you BS ("can't get HD" on DN). Interested in HD, sports (Detroit Tigers), news. Have had Star Choice (paid sub with the basics) for all the times my Directv went down.

How long have you had FTA and how often has it gone down/

Nice to get a reply from someeone close to home - been in Chatham many times
I only joined the world of FTA in July, after living with rabbit ears all my life. I suppose the upcoming changeover in February has a lot of folks wondering what to do (especially us Canucks -- lemme see now, US will be digital, but Canada will be analog...... hmmmmm....). Had a perfectly agonizing time getting it to work the first time, but now feel very comfortable with pretty much everything.

The DN/BEV combo has about 1,100 channels -- about 1,085 more than I had before. Oodles of sports for you and DIY for me..... Like just4ufolks said, outages are not at all predictable, but I have not found it to be aggravating -- it's a hobby after all. But I have noticed that the number of homes with dishes -- and multiple dishes -- has leaped in the last few months. No coincidence there......
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