On Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 11:51 AM, j eric townsend wrote: > At 16:58 -0800 2002/02/11, Tim May wrote: >> No, they don't care about the receiver's location. > > Yes they do. They care when it comes to determining what local market > you're in for the purposes of providing local stations.
I know that. I meant in the context of having a phone line, which I never had hooked up from 1996 to now. > >> Data point: My DirecTV receiver was hooked up without a telephone >> hookup for almost 6 years with no issues or questions. > > Then you got lucky. Lots of people are asked/required to make a phone > call for various reasons. > > Many DTV features require a phone connection. This is not speculation. What more can I say? I've had DirecTV since May 1996 and there has never been the slightest issue of having a phone line hooked up. Like I said, I never order PPV movies nor do I order any of the sports packages. Everything else is unencumbered by the lack of a phone connection. --Tim May, Occupied America "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759.
