Creating a mononoply? (My title.)

enterpriseeconomy.com ^ | june 25, 2002 | charles oliver

[john bell hood]

What happens when the number two player in an industry gobbles up its largest rival? Well, if you are talking about satellite TV provider EchoStar's proposed $26 billion merger with DirecTV, we could see greater competition in telecommunications, more consumer choice and a faster roll-out of new technology.

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[john bell hood]

Sounds good to me. I live in a rural area with no high-speed Internet access and a lousy cable company. If satelite comapnies had my local TV stations, I'd go with them in a second.

[mattdono]

Creating a monopoly? What the hell do you call cable companies. They totally suck!

My cable company just put the Fox News Channel on the rotation. For more than 2 years, I begged them to add it and they wouldn't. Finally, I said screw 'em and got a dish. Haven't looked back ever since...

There is something cool about you television channel having 3 digits... especially if they are "360"

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Have to agree. We have Dish Network and wouldn't even consider cable.