[time-nuts] Lightsquared goes Global...

[J. Forster]

> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 03:29:49PM -0700, J. Forster wrote:
>> If over-the-air TV were abolished, that would leave all broadcast media
>> in
>> the hands of Comcast and Verizon and their $100+ charges.
>
> 	Broadcast TV will never go away... far too important to the
> political class as a place for political ads and local news about the
> local congresscritters.
>
> 	But you forget satellite DTH TV.... Dish and DirecTV have tens
> of millions of subs now... it's not just Verizon and Comcast.

There are really no different than cable or FIOS.

-John

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>> It amounts to a communication tax on the entire population.
>
> 	Pay cable content seems to be succeeding in the marketplace
> despite its higher price to consumers... and the continuing presence of
> "free" broadcast TV.
>
> 	And more and more of the quality content is there and only there
> (and on the Internet for pay too).
>
>
>>
>> -John
>
>
> --
>   Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, die at dieconsulting.com  DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass
> 02493
> "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten
> 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole -
> in
> celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now
> either."
>
>