Failure is an option when your name is Monte Carlo.

I'd try to watch the local stations if I could get, but sometimes you just can't get the station. Most dish owners would like to have their local stations but

Back when my family was using a satellite dish (C-band, mind you), we used a in-the-clear antenna to get our locals. We live in the middle of the city and couldn't get any reception for our CBS affilate in town. Thanks to these laws, we couldn't enjoy our favorite shows on CBS!

Thankful my mother has cable now and we enjoy that but my poor father is on the road with a digital dish. That's his only source of entertainment and since he does travel around, he'd like some stability in his life. He can't get the station of his choice because the current market he's end feels they'll be cheated.

Why, my father is paying the money for the networks when his subscription. The dish companies have to license the networks to begin with, I believe. I'm sure there are plenty of ways to distribute the licensing fees/revenue sharing between Ass End, AK; Savannah, GA; or Philadelphia, PA. There are ways, it's just that sometimes the bottom line is all anyone sees, that they forget the little guy that is paying for the bottom line!

And yes, there's ways to circumvent local/national feeds. WXIA of Atlanta is having to do it for dish users that want to see "The West Wing" tonight. They could probably figure out better ways if they put their mind to it.