Free to air FTA the skinny
If you want to go with Dishnetwork ( Charlie ) you need:
2 dishes ( parabolas ) one of 6 feet and the other can be of 4 feet ( best both be 6 feet ) or you can have one 6 feet dish and put and bracket adapter to run both satellites of the same dish ( me and several people i know have it this way and it runs perfect, some people say you get a weaker signal, i find it to be a non issue )
If you want to go with Bell Canada (BEV) you need :
1 6 foot dish ( parabolas ) ( i can only confirm the viewing of one of Bev's satellite in Santo Domingo )
In any case i recommend a professional installer
For Both you also need.
You need a FTA box, this could be a Pansat, Viewsat, Sonicview, Coolsat, Extremeview. etc., just read online there are many sites that review each ( bear in mind this is like a religion for some people and will swear up and down on one unit and curse the other, i have several units all have there pros and cons, it all comes to taste and the one YOU like, just don't buy old units buy newer models with better features and most likely last longer )
You need a PC with internet and knowledge of unzipping files to download new files and update to the boxes software when dishnetwork or bell canada change the way the send the feed to avoid use seeing it. Some units can use USB Sticks to install new software or SD cards. But most need to be connected to the PC via a serial cable ( They come with it ) newer PC don't come with the serial port you may need to buy a USB to Serial cable.
FTA is good, i find it better than the old methods and once you learn ( very simple) you can cut the middle man ( that guy you had to pay every so often to reprogram your card )
For FTA please you do not need to pay a guy to program the box when it goes down , learn and you can do it yourself, the files are free and located in many many forums on the net, each FTA model has it own forum with plenty of info and there are many forums that serve all boxes hashhu.com being one of them.
Join the forum and read read read before you decide. Hope this helps.
Dom Wolf