Gorilla Glue!

I remember the craziness back in the days of the so-called Big Dish, those 10' satellite dishes. And manufacturers came up with clever ways to get around these prohibitions - namely, they disguised the dish as a patio umbrella, supposedly fooling the landlord.

Don't know if it actually worked, but people tried it and they used to advertise them all the time in satellite magazines.

On that subject, a building will often contract with Rogers for exclusive rights to cable within a complex. If you want TV, you have to go with Rogers. That seems blatantly unfair, all over esthetics, and it gives them a virtual monopoly over potentially hundreds of tenants. 

I have a friend who lives in an apartment building and his only option is Rogers - or else, perhaps streaming, with the loss of channels that entails. And he wants both local news and sports, so his options are non-existent. He's not happy about it, but outside of moving, what choice does he have but to do business with a company he doesn't like or trust?

I'd love someone to challenge it in court someday, but who has the time or the money?

I know a few buildings in Toronto with no balconies. The landlord of at least one property said "I don't want 50 dishes on my roof, let alone one and it is my right to say NO!...so try some other idea..."