How to reach BEV customer service from USA

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Call your Credit Card Company! I understand that if you have an "auto-pay" set up with a vendor/utility etc. that as long as you're account is in "good standing" these will roll over and continue without you doing a thing BUT vendors from time to time may actually purge information and you'll likely receive notifications from them that your information isn't current. Then you might have an issue because you would likely be notified by "post". How do you hande the mail forwarding etc?
I use a broker and the services have been useful. The card swap for my two receivers came off without a hitch, change of programming, adding or removing receivers. My concern will be a receiver swap or whatever happens IF it happens with the MPEG4 issue!
 
Sorry, GusX. Canadian courts have already ruled on this defence. Charter of Freedoms does NOT apply. The offenders are currently in jail.
 
So what? They're nevertheless counted/reported as subs and the consolidated into DTV's financial statements.
Much like GM Canada and Toyota Canada count and consolidate the results of their Canadian subsidiaries.
 
Not to worry: it never once cross my mind you are an American attorney. :rolleyes:

I think your point is because you have seen people breaking the law in New Jersey that it must be legal. It isn't.
 
Glad we finally agree: these folks are breaking the law. You just don't like the law.

I, OTOH, have made no comment on the pleasantness of the law -- simply that it applies.
 
My credit card is expiring on my ExpressVu Account. I live in Los Angeles and used to be able to call a non-800 number to reach BEV customer service to make programming and billing changes. Now that number has been disconnected.

Does anyone know of another way of getting hold of Bev without resorting to a broker?
 
Each company is regualted by the law of the country they are in.
The FCC does not allow foreign signals in the US, much as the CRTC does not allow dishnet in Canada.

When the poster stated that Direct TV has sperate companies that handle S. America, he means that they are governed by the law there and that is how provisioning of the S. American countries is completed.
It's a valid point in the discussion. Your rebuttal is something completely different.
We're not talking about whether or not the subs are included in their financial statements.

Nem, who is clarifying...
 
I'm astonished at all the advice given designed to help someone steal Bell ExpressVu signals living in the US.

ExpressVu signals are licensed for viewing in CANADA only; just as DishNet and DirectTv are licensed for viewing in the US only.
 
The decision by the Supreme Court was never challenged under the Charter of Human Rights. The decision was made based on the Radio Communications Act.
 
Have you considered seasonal residents and ex-pats?

I don't recall ever stopping out American friends with their Dish and DTV units in their RV's when they come to Canada to sight see or visit a major event, like CNE, PNE, Stampede, etc.

What about our Canadian Snowbird firiends living in Florida, Arizona & California?
It's always nice to have news and TV from 'back home'

Think of it as more of a reciporical courtesy agreement.

If our U.S. friends were actually STEALING the signal, they'd be using an FTA box and not trying to compensate the distributer and programer.

It's almost flatering to think the yanks find Canadian TV worthy of payment, just as many would like to have U.S. T.V., we can't imagine others wanting our own crappy TV.

It may be illegal, but It's a far cry from stealing.
More of bending the rules out of circumstance a little.
 
Okay, but I think it's a red herring whether I buy from a regional subsidiary of Directv or its foreign parent company in the US, as long as I can buy the product. The point is I can watch DirecTV programming in cities like Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, and Santiago. The product may be somewhat tailored to suit local market conditions, just like BMW's sold in sunny warm California come in different colors and convertible models that aren't available in cold Canada.
I've watched HBO on Directv in Argentina, Brazil and Chile while travelling for work. You cannot do that in canada. Further, you can walk into Radio Shacks in the Jersey suburbs of New York City where I lived, and legally purchase & subscribe to a Canadian StarChoice satellite-tv system. Again, there is no reciprocal provision in Canada.
 
Did you notice the fellow mentioned a credit card, usually associated with PAYMENT for goods and services? "Steal" seems to be both an offensive and incorrect word to use here.
 
The lower court ruled there was no case to be made on the grounds of offending the Charter.
 
I understand the seasonal argument and think that, ok, maybe, that applies since there is that "second residence, but one at a time" clause designed for cottages.

But that's not how the poster positioned his use of the service.

My credit card is expiring on my ExpressVu Account. I live in Los Angeles and used to be able to call a non-800 number to reach BEV customer service to make programming and billing changes.

I don't know anyone with a "cottage" in LA. If his credit card is expiring it doesn't sound like he's away for a couple of months in the summer.

I don't see how this is any different than Joe Arkansas setting up a dish and trying to subscribe to ExpressVu while having never set foot in Canada. Or, for that matter, folks subscribing to DirectTV living in Lethbridge.
 
Who cares if they do, as long as they pay for it. Really does it matter, I'm sure they will cancel each other out sub for sub, no one really loses $.
 
Get a nomadic VoIP phone with a Canadian area code/number.

Has anybody tried that?

I suppose that could work the other way around as well, cool!
 
Again, repeating something doesn't make it true, except unless you are President. :rolleyes:

It is illegal for any broadcaster to deliver signals to US residents which are not previously licensed by the FCC. Star Choice and Bell ExpressVu are not licensed. Receiving, and subscribing to, those services is illegal in the US.

From the US Telecommunications Act:

TITLE 47 > CHAPTER 5 > SUBCHAPTER III > Part I >
 
So What? Well a company like Directv Latin Ameica exists so it can legally provide service to countries outside of the United States:

http://www.directvla.com/

No Canadian company has done this.

Just because you can watch a Canadian signal outside of Canada doesn't make it legal.
 
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