DIRECTV Satellite is not currently available for new customers in your area

[navychop]

MyEntertainment.

 

[Bruce]

MyEntertainment.

What about it?

 

[navychop]

Alternative

 

[fmj77]

Satellite TV is not available in my rural area of Western NC, only streaming.

 

[Bruce]

Satellite TV is not available in my rural area of Western NC, only streaming.

Rural does not mean the same thing as it did just a few years ago.

I live in a rural area, well water, septic, lots of land, we have gigabit and the new fiber build out is finally being finished.

Extreme rural areas have StarLink as a option.

 

[KyL416]

The restrictions are DMA wide, so it doesn't matter if you're in the namesake city of your DMA or 70+ miles away in the fringes. i.e for the NYC DMA, it isn't just the 5 boroughs, but also zip codes for eastern Suffolk Long Island, Dutchess, Ulster and Sullivan Counties in upstate NY, Ocean County in central NJ and Pike County PA. While zip codes in the next counties over like Monroe PA (Wilkes Barre/Scranton DMA), Burlington NJ (Philly DMA), Delaware NY (Binghamton DMA) and Columbia NY (Albany DMA) come back as available.

 

[dishrich]

...while NYC, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, DC, Detroit, Boston, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Tampa, Miami, Orlando, Cleveland, Hartford and St Louis didn't. The restrictions are DMA wide

Well I don't know what's going on, but I just tried a zip in downtown Chicago 60601 & it shows new service being available.
Same thing when I did Belleville, IL (St Louis DMA) zip 62222.

FWIW, couple dealers on the dealer board thought these restrictions might be for "high risk" areas - ie: areas where DTV has high levels of sub churn. (nice way of saying "redlining")

 

[b4pjoe]

Well I don't know what's going on, but I just tried a zip in downtown Chicago 60601 & it shows new service being available.
Same thing when I did Belleville, IL (St Louis DMA) zip 62222.

It does some weird things if you start changing zip codes. If I enter my home zip code it tells me it is not available. If I then go back and change the zip code to a zip code I know does allow new installs then the ordering process continues. Then if I go back and enter my home zip code again I don't get the popup that new installs are not allowed and allows me to go through the complete ordering process up to actually ordering it though I have to use my neighbors street address in the order form because if I use mine it tells me there is satellite service already at that location.

 

[KyL416]

The locals lookup on that page is a separate process and doesn't go through the availability check.

Try using a private window to get the zip code popup at the shop/dtvs URL. I just used both of those zip codes and got the sat not available message.