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Creating a mononoply? (My title.)
enterpriseeconomy.com ^ | june 25, 2002 | charles oliver

Posted on 07/30/2002 9:04:53 AM PDT by 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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cable; directv; echostar; tv
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.
1 posted on 07/30/2002 9:04:54 AM PDT by john bell hood
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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"

2 posted on 07/30/2002 10:07:27 AM PDT by mattdono
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Have to agree. We have Dish Network and wouldn't even consider cable.
3 posted on 07/30/2002 11:31:45 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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