If the Free to Air Satellite is so great, why doesn't everyone do it?

Question

no contract, no monthly payments, countless channels, equipment yours (after purchase) for life, all ppv / premium channels, etc, etc, etc....

Answer 1

oh i think there are many that have them, but not so many that openly discuss them if they knowingly decrypt signals with them without paying for them.

.... and so i've heard..... the files are weekly more so than monthly, and there is no guarantee they will stay working and in fact.... so i've heard, there are a few times a year a person goes a couple days with no channels working

so i've heard

Answer 2

(This answer assumes you are located in the US)

> for life, all ppv / premium channels, etc, etc, etc....

Everyone isn't doing it because what you describe is "theft of services". Most people don't knowingly commit serious crimes.

There is free legal FTA satellite TV in the US but hardly anyone takes advantage of it because the kind of channels you can receive are mostly foreign language, religious, PBS, etc.  

Most people want the kind of channels that Dish & Direct TV provide.

Answer 3

You must be in the UK - that's the only place I've heard of free satellite, is that available in HD too?  In the US you pay, but you get what you pay for.  And you don't think you pay for it in taxes?