Cugalabanza Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Care to explain why not? I bet you can, the question is in the difficulty of the installation. 838015[/snapback] Condo association won't allow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Oh goody, I may not have Social Security when I'm 65, but I'll be able to watch football. 837702[/snapback] What, you one of them there illegals that are "takin' ir jibs"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Condo association won't allow it. 838191[/snapback] Move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Move. 838195[/snapback] Actually, he doesn't have to. Condo association CAN'T disallow it. http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html They can limit where the dish it put to an extent, but they can't ban them. If you have a patio, driveway, etc, etc, you can put one up regardless of whether they want it or not. If you own the house, you can even put it on the roof. What usually ends up happening is you put up an ugly dish on your patio (with a big long pole that looks ugly as sin) and all of a sudden they don't mind you putting it up on your roof anymore. ). This all came around because the cable companies, in an effort to stop people from getting dishes, were paying associations and landlords to include "no dish" clauses in the leases and regulations. This was found to be anticompetitive, and therefore the FCC stepped in and made these rules. So yes, you can get DirecTV if you choose. Next. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 This all came around because the cable companies, in an effort to stop people from getting dishes, were paying associations and landlords to include "no dish" clauses in the leases and regulations. This was found to be anticompetitive, and therefore the FCC stepped in and made these rules. So yes, you can get DirecTV if you choose. Next. CW 838629[/snapback] Some others who live in condos think that they detract from the appearance of the complex. I'm not sure there is always a conspiracy by the cable companies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Some others who live in condos think that they detract from the appearance of the complex. I'm not sure there is always a conspiracy by the cable companies... 838640[/snapback] I'm just saying that's how the original ruling came into effect. Not saying that everyone had it in there for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Some others who live in condos think that they detract from the appearance of the complex. I'm not sure there is always a conspiracy by the cable companies... 838640[/snapback] Drive by a condo with a dish on each balcony and to me that looks like the hood. I would not move into a place like that and a lot of people wouldn't. That's why associations don't allow them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 No, I really can't. 837817[/snapback] I love Fez, but you will never get him to say anything negative about DTV...it has been that way for years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Actually, he doesn't have to. Condo association CAN'T disallow it. http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html They can limit where the dish it put to an extent, but they can't ban them. If you have a patio, driveway, etc, etc, you can put one up regardless of whether they want it or not. If you own the house, you can even put it on the roof. What usually ends up happening is you put up an ugly dish on your patio (with a big long pole that looks ugly as sin) and all of a sudden they don't mind you putting it up on your roof anymore. ). This all came around because the cable companies, in an effort to stop people from getting dishes, were paying associations and landlords to include "no dish" clauses in the leases and regulations. This was found to be anticompetitive, and therefore the FCC stepped in and made these rules. So yes, you can get DirecTV if you choose. Next. CW 838629[/snapback] Fez- Here is the rub: "The rule does not apply to common areas that are owned by a landlord, a community association, or jointly by condominium or cooperative owners where the antenna user does not have an exclusive use area. Such common areas may include the roof or exterior wall of a multiple dwelling unit. Therefore, restrictions on antennas installed in or on such common areas are enforceable." In affect, all the law you are referring to says, an apartment dweller can have a satalite dish, as long as its' placement meets the landlords guidlines. Which, for most, just means, "sure, you can have a dish, as long as it isn't visable to the outside world"...which means it isn't going to work. A buddy of mine, a few years back, moved into a complex (after a divorce) specifically, because they told him he could have DTV. Once he moved in, however, DTV was not allowed to install it anywhere that the satallited could pull in reception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 This is yet another case of congressmen jumping in front of some cheesy parade that pleases the masses. 837714[/snapback] Yea, next up we have... 1. Make sure Kiss puts out an album a year. 2. Free "We're #1" foam hands to all NASCAR race attendees. 3. Price ceilings on designer jeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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