[opendtv] Re: News: Stevens Vows Cable-Indecency Crackdown
- From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 13:54:12 -0800
I don't know specifically about Vonage or IP telephony in this context.
I do know (a good friend of mine is in the DBS installation industry and has
been in the satellite earth station business for a few decades) that DirecTV
uses a database (I suspect it's the NECA database) to determine what is a
landline connection and they will reject wireless connections. Their
agreement specifically requires a landline connection.
I've heard of people who have accomplished the task by cross-connecting to a
landline, but then the landline termination has to match up with your zip
code. Oh yeah, they check this EACH time you connect via the back channel.
If your particulars change (sometimes that happens legitimately), then you
have to reestablish your account through other means. Sometimes a site
visit happens before you can reestablish.
Much easier to order pay per view via the web site.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Baker" <hbaker1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:47 AM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: Stevens Vows Cable-Indecency Crackdown
> Get Vonage, and use any area code you please.
>
> At 09:23 AM 3/8/2005, John Willkie wrote:
> >Sorry for the late hit on this, but while DirecTV has requested a phone
> >connection and asserts that it is required, nothing could be further from
> >the truth. Where's what you miss by not having the back channel: you
can't
> >order pay per view via your remote control; you have to go to the web
site,
> >or use the telephone and talk to a human.
> >
> >That's it. What does DirecTV lose by not having the back channel? They
> >lose the ability to know where (approximately, due to some ambiguity with
> >phone line terminations) your receiver is located. So, the hundreds of
> >thousands of people in Mexico who subscribe to DirecTV/US (illegally,
under
> >Mexican, U.S. and "international" law) never connect up to a phone line.
> >And, many others.
> >
> >John Willkie
>
>
>
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