Craig Birkmaier wrote: >> The article was about DBS broadcast to homes, and Dish making >> deals with Sprint for Internet distribution. What I responded >> with was that the DBS broadcast portion of that model was >> essentially becoming unnecessary, > Sorry Bert, but this is simply wrong on several points. Will you read the freakin' article? It makes a big deal about retention of the satellite broadcast to homes. That's the part I was responding to. > To argue that DBS is becoming unnecessary is to say that ALL > MVPDs are becoming unnecessary. While what you said is obviously true, except for MVPDs that reinvent themselves as ISPs, I was very obviously emphasizing the technical question of retaining the satellite one-way broadcast signal. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.