Big diffrence in E* & D* address qualifier for locals!

[whstsupwiththis?]

Why is that 100 duval street key west Fl 33040 qualifies for all distant nets on D*

Eligibilty review for the following:
100 DUVAL ST
key west, FL 33040-6506
Network Affiliate Channel Status
ABC Eligible
CBS Eligible
NBC Eligible
FOX Eligible

But on E* it only qualifies for fox and cbs

100 DUVAL ST

KEY WEST, FL 33040-6506

Wed Jan 14 14:30:35 MST 2004


LOCAL NETWORK PACKAGE
Congratulations! This address is eligible for the
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, FL Local Network Package

Click here to see a list of the channels in the package.



DISTANT NETWORK A LA CARTE
Congratulations! This address may be eligible for PART OF THE Distant Network A La Cartes. You may choose a maximum total of 2 (two) A La Carte networks (ie. no more than two NBC, two ABC, two CBS, two FOX). You must be eligible to receive National PBS.


CBS FOX
A LA CARTE STATIONS: TIME ZONE:
New York CBS-WCBS Eastern
New York FOX-WNYW Eastern

Atlanta FOX-WAGA Eastern
Atlanta CBS-WGCL Eastern

Chicago CBS-WBBM Central
Chicago FOX-WFLD Central

Denver FOX-KDVR Mountain
Denver CBS-KCNC Mountain

Los Angeles FOX-KTTV Pacific
Los Angeles CBS-KCBS Pacific

I thought E* and D* have to use the same maps from decison mark this wrong very wrong because I had to "move" from key west in july beacuse E* said that address no longer qualified for distant net package.

[Jacob S]

Perhaps one of the satellite providers has not updated their data base of what you are qualified for. I remember a while back that some subscribers in Florida were affected in a court case that Dish Network had in which would prevent them from purchasing those network channels.

[jeffwtux]

Fox and CBS? What else do you need? That gives you all the football games. I would kill for Denver CBS(broncos games), but can only get Denver Fox and Atlanta Fox.

[jeffwtux]

OK, not all the football games, but if you got 1 extra Fox and 1 extra cbs along with your fox and cbs, that would give you probably 5-6 Sunday afternoon games to choose from. That's pretty good.

[paulh]

I've read that the SHIVA law allowed a provider to either stay on the same DMA map in like 1998 (Like E* does) or continually go with the new maps (like D* does) thus some differences in qualifications.