Craig Birkmaier wrote: > Yes, the local grid will continue to be a natural monopoly. This is > not the case for inter-city transmission lines and generation > facilities. Really? Are you saying that there are multiple different companies that have erected their own high tension lines between two adjacent cities, any of which can carry the full load? Show me where this is the case, Craig. Same with water and sewer service. Natural monopolies exist for a reason. > Hulu is not a MVPD service. They are a catchup service. > > The congloms will demand the same bundles with an Internet based MVPD > service. Can you see that you sound like the smoking addict who insists that Philip Morris runs our lives? The truth is, the congloms will have to adjust to the changing landscape, and they have been. Yes, even ESPN, as the article I posted recently reported. And just like I said, whatever tier structure might have been imposed by the local monopoly MVPDs is not likely to survive that transition. Among other reasons why, because the **individual content owners** won't need to be hampered by the demands of the local distribution monopolies. (Just quit smoking, Craig. You'll see that Philip Morris doesn't control you. Really.) 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.