Here's why you'll never see a satellite dish on my roof

[Ribbedroof]

Are you gonna mount it on a post in your yard?

They went in the scrap metal pile at work.

I have no desire for cable/dish TV, and satellite internet doesn't have enough data for my family's needs.

I figured if they didn't come get the stuff when the PO stopped paying for it, 6 years later they weren't too concerned with the equipment.

 

[Wageslave]

Glad you could fix it. I still have a dish mounted in my backyard from back in the days of FTA receivers and Nagra2 keys. Both LNB's are rotted and I should really pull it out of the ground.

Damn, those were the days...

 

[5spdCab]

Sometimes people think I'm a procrastinator, but if it needs to be done RIGHT NOW, it'll happen. Most of the time I really like to review my options and do some research....so i can see where some might take that as procrastinating.

When you are accused of procrastinating, tell them that you are researching, planning, and weighing the cost and importance of doing it now or ....(fill in the blank)....future date/time.

 

[melloelky]

They went in the scrap metal pile at work.
I have no desire for cable/dish TV, and satellite internet doesn't have enough data for my family's needs.
I figured if they didn't come get the stuff when the PO stopped paying for it, 6 years later they weren't too concerned with the equipment.

can i ask what you're using instead of those options?

 

[Ribbedroof]

I mostly watch youtube and netflix on the "smart" TV, and the wife watches a lot of cooking stuff on the Roku. Years ago, we had cable when we lived in town, but I got dissatisfied with all the "junk" channels, and the basic premise of HBO/ Showtime showing the same stuff, when THEY wanted, for decades.
All that said, I was never their target audience anyway, because I really have no interest in the typical consumer's sports-dominated lifestyle. I prefer the content provided by real people over the big-name shows that are mostly pushing their sponsor's stuff. I did like watching Roadkill, because at first it was like a couple of buddies having a good time, but by the time TEN pulled it off Youtube, it had become the net version of a magazine...which I gave up almost 2 decades ago.

We're using a radio-based internet/wifi system from a small local provider. I reached out to our electric co-op about fiber, they responded that they have been conducting a study and will know by the end of the year whether it is going to be offered to customers. My feeling is it will, as many other co-ops have already done it since it provides a better system status for them, and also provides more working capital.

Country livin'....it ain't for everybody, but it is for this guy! I can live with the concessions that sometimes have to be made.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Have my Sat dish mounted to a telephone pole. Techs refuse to touch it. Never run fasteners through roofing as they will be a source of leaks. Most dishes I see on other people's homes are side mounted, I rarely see roof mounts.

 

[Ribbedroof]

Most dishes I see on other people's homes are side mounted, I rarely see roof mounts.

Now that I have seen the problem, I can't believe how many roof mounts I see. See a few pole mounts, have not seen side mounts at all. Maybe a local thing.