Interesting discussion. Because one 'advantage' of Bell Express Vu here (Eastern Canada) is said to be the ability to take your 'receiver' out to the weekend/summer cottage or even in the RV, where there is a second dish installed (often available used for around $50 ) and hook up to an older style TV in order to watch some desired show/event. Often no phone line at all! In fact could be generator or solar powered!
It's said that BEV don't care where the signal is being received by that same customer as long as they are paying! Not sure about this but heard some discussion about someon getting a second receiver (again often available used) and using the same account for both the home and the week-end cottage rceivers! Logic seems to be that family is unlikley to be in both locations at the same time; so doesn't matter from where they watch?
We tried BEV for a while (at home) and never hooked up the phone line; once one had received the 'card' from BEV and installed it following some rather complicated instructions, it worked!