Apartment complex only allows small Satellite Dish installs with $300,000 insurance

[c627627]

What is the name of your state? Missouri.

I was talking to some people living in low income housing who told me their apartment managers require them to take out a $300,000 insurance made out to the apartment complex as the only way to get permission to have a basic small Satellite dish installed.

They also do not allow cable companies access to the apartments to force the tenants to subscribe to the Apartment Satellite TV service.


Apparently the apartment complex installed a large Sat dish next to the office and use it to charge tenants higher than average rates for TV service.


What do you guys think about that? Is making tenants sign papers saying they can only install Satellite Dishes with $300,000 insurance a violation of the FCC communications act of 1996, didn't it say they can't make tenants take unreasonable steps to install or have installed communications equipment for the purpose of over the air radio, internet, or TV programming?

 

[BelizeBreeze]

Don't move in.

 

[c627627]

Stellar advice. Cheers.

 

[CALIF-LAWPRO16]

Stellar advice. Cheers.

My response:

Are you poor?

If so, what happened? How did you get that way?

IAAL

 

[c627627]

Any helpful opinions on this?

 

[George1776]

Have you seen this policy in writing instead of word of mouth? Maybe its 30,000 and not 300K?

 

[disneykid52]

Use rabbit ears with a digital converter box.

 

[Zigner]

This issues wasn't resolved 6 years ago?

 

[c627627]

Have you seen this policy in writing instead of word of mouth? Maybe its 30,000 and not 300K?

No it is $300,000, not $30,000.



P.S. Speaking of six years, I understand a joke or two but most replies to the thread question do not address legal recourse options (4/5 responses are people trying to be funny)

 

[Zigner]

No it is $300,000, not $30,000.



P.S. Speaking of six years, I understand a joke or two but most replies to the thread question do not address legal recourse options (4/5 responses are people trying to be funny)

I am NOT trying to be funny. Was this NOT resolved 6 years ago?

 

[Silverplum]

Quoting the original for posterity:

What is the name of your state? Missouri.

I was talking to some people living in low income housing who told me their apartment managers require them to take out a $300,000 insurance made out to the apartment complex as the only way to get permission to have a basic small Satellite dish installed.

They also do not allow cable companies access to the apartments to force the tenants to subscribe to the Apartment Satellite TV service.


Apparently the apartment complex installed a large Sat dish next to the office and use it to charge tenants higher than average rates for TV service.


What do you guys think about that? Is making tenants sign papers saying they can only install Satellite Dishes with $300,000 insurance a violation of the FCC communications act of 1996, didn't it say they can't make tenants take unreasonable steps to install or have installed communications equipment for the purpose of over the air radio, internet, or TV programming?

 

[ecmst12]

$300k in renter's insurance will cost MAYBE $25 a month. And you should have it regardless of whether you have a satellite dish or not.

 

[moburkes]

$300k in renter's insurance will cost MAYBE $25 a month. And you should have it regardless of whether you have a satellite dish or not.

Yep. What she said.

 

[Dillon]

Yep. What she said.

if me, i would sign it --- Dillon Smith, All Rights Reserved.


or i might line thru that provision before signing it.