Do satellite TV services still require landlines for phone connections?

[Ant]

Hi!

IIRC, they did in the past. Do they still require it these days for my
future home? Or can they be done wirelessly with their dishes?

Thank you in advance. :)
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[Warren Oates]

In article <EqWdnWfIeKn4wM_S...@earthlink.com>,

Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> IIRC, they did in the past. Do they still require it these days for my
> future home? Or can they be done wirelessly with their dishes?
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

Can't speak for Bell, but I recently bought a new (small footprint) HD
receiver from Shaw Direct and it doesn't _have_ a phone jack. It means
you can't do pay-per-view is all. I've never used or even understood
pay-per-view anyway. They used to want a landline connection if you had
a bunch of receivers, make sure you weren't sharing the service with
someone else, but I guess that's not an issue.
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[Ant]

On 3/3/2012 12:00 PM PT, Warren Oates typed:

>> IIRC, they did in the past. Do they still require it these days for my
>> future home? Or can they be done wirelessly with their dishes?
>

> Can't speak for Bell, but I recently bought a new (small footprint) HD

Verizon for my area.

> receiver from Shaw Direct and it doesn't _have_ a phone jack. It means

Wow, I didn't know Shaw had a satellite service. I thought it only did
cable. :)

> you can't do pay-per-view is all. I've never used or even understood
> pay-per-view anyway. They used to want a landline connection if you had
> a bunch of receivers, make sure you weren't sharing the service with
> someone else, but I guess that's not an issue.

Well, it would be in a family house with about four/five TVs. We don't
care about pay per view. Just local broadcast channels and others for
the lowest TV packages.
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[Char Jackson]

On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:00:02 -0500, Warren Oates
<warren...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Can't speak for Bell, but I recently bought a new (small footprint) HD
>receiver from Shaw Direct and it doesn't _have_ a phone jack. It means
>you can't do pay-per-view is all. I've never used or even understood
>pay-per-view anyway.

What is it about PPV that you don't understand? I thought it's name
sort of said it all.

[Warren Oates]

In article <47g5l7h6lcmcqqqu5...@4ax.com>,

Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean. If you don't, I don't really care.

[Warren Oates]

In article <to6dnVFfSND0Gc_S...@earthlink.com>,

Ant <a...@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> Wow, I didn't know Shaw had a satellite service. I thought it only did
> cable. :)

It was called StarChoice for years, but owned by Shaw. They renamed it
Shaw Direct a couple of years ago.

Verizon we don't get here.

[Char Jackson]

On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:08:13 -0500, Warren Oates

<warren...@gmail.com> wrote:

>In article <47g5l7h6lcmcqqqu5...@4ax.com>,
> Char Jackson <no...@none.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:00:02 -0500, Warren Oates
>> <warren...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Can't speak for Bell, but I recently bought a new (small footprint) HD
>> >receiver from Shaw Direct and it doesn't _have_ a phone jack. It means
>> >you can't do pay-per-view is all. I've never used or even understood
>> >pay-per-view anyway.
>>
>> What is it about PPV that you don't understand? I thought it's name
>> sort of said it all.
>
>Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean. If you don't, I don't really care.

No, but that's ok.