Free Satellite TV
If you have considered purchasing satellite television, then you have undoubtedly seen advertisements for free satellite TV. This probably sounds too good to be true, and in a sense it is. It largely depends on what a particular advertiser means. An advertisement for free satellite tv from companies like Dish Network or DirecTv could mean something much different then what your buddy from work means when he is attempting to offering you “free satellite tv”.
When Dish Network and DirecTV typically offer free satellite tv, they typically mean free installation or free equipment. You will still be required to pay a monthly fee for the service and for a particular programming package. Packages start as low as $19.99 per month. If you want to add more channels or additional options such as pay per view, you will have to pay a bit more.
Free satellite tv can also mean pirating satellite channels from the major providers. In these cases, you will have to purchase your own, special equipment, setup and either install it yourself, or get someone to do it for you. You will then need to buy a special card that is programmed from Dtv or Dishnet. It should be pretty obvious that this is stealing and subsequently illegal. You also have to find the “bootleg” satellite guy to purchase your cards from. Dish Network and DirecTV also have their own ways to fight this. They will hash the cards weekly, which makes them ineffective and unusable. This means that you will have to buy a new card, every time that this occurs. This becomes an ongoing expense.
Another way to get “free satellite tv” is to steal the satellite signal. This is illegal as well and the authorities, including the police, are cracking down on this practice. You could face fines and even jail tie. Considering the risk, it really makes sense to just pay $19.99 every month and watch the channels that you want, risk free.
Free satellite tv can mean a number of things. It could mean free installation, setup and equipment from one of the major satellite providers. It also could mean something much more sinister, such as theft. This can be done by stealing a satellite signal, or purchasing specially programmed cards. In the latter instance, you will still have to buy special equipment and then purchase newly programmed cards as the legitimate companies hash the illegal ones weekly. This is really a big expense and requires too much ongoing effort to keep this up. It is much simpler and safer to take advantage of the free equipment and installation and then pay the monthly programming fee.