That was my thinking too...hardly a government issue, but the concept is certainly a decent one. Even more so up here in Canada where the population just cannot support the 2 satellite providers we have, each with their own satellites. Yet they keep sputtering along, barely operating at the break-even point. On 15-Dec-05, at 2:34 PM, dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx wrote: > And Doug McDonald suggestion of eliminating the duplication of bit > streams > is just plain brilliant! I would ask, why does the government need > to get > involved? Can't Dish and DirecTV figure this out for themselves? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.