What are the risks involved with buying a grey market American satellite DTH system?
In order to comply with distribution agreements, American DTH service providers will not knowingly provide service to subscribers within Canada. That is why grey marketers surreptitiously provide an American address for their Canadian customers so they can subscribe to American DTH services. The programming signals provided by American DTH service providers can be cut off at any time should that service provider discover that the consumer receiving the signals resides in Canada. This is also why grey marketers tell their customers not to use American Pay TV services as this would give American DTH service providers information that the service was being received in Canada and thus obligating the service provider to cancel the service. There are other risks to consider, such as the warranty on equipment obtained in the U.S. may not apply in Canada and the equipment may not be compatible with Canadian DTH systems should the customer wish to switch to a Canadian service at a later date.
