There is a competing company - Dish Network. I understand the need for competition, or more importantly, the need not to have monopolies, but at what expense? How many startups would be able to afford the satellite access, or launching their own satellite? (I have no idea if either Dish Network or DirecTV launch their own satellites - but I guess its a possibility)
There used to be 2 competing satellite radio companies, Sirius and XM, and they were allowed to merge. I have had fewer issues with DirecTV in almost 6 years than I had with Adelphia for 6 months (who we left to go to DirecTV). Maybe we are the exception to the rule, who knows. But I am more than satisfied with DirecTV. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >> You know from my point of view the beautiful thing is that in the US >> have the oppurtunity to bring something like this to the courts (and I >> suppose elsewhere). >> So companies can get away with it for a while...but eventually >> someone's going to try to force a correction. > > Curious what would happen differently in TnT? > > I also think that if antitrust was working properly in the US, there > would be more choices in service than there currently are and this > would be solved before it got to court because competition often would > take care of the crooks long before the courts would need to. > > In the US, mobile phone companies and cable companies have both > consolidated far beyond where they should have been allowed to. > Certain other industries have been allowed regional monopolies as > well, like Airlines. > > I find it a little funny that Ma Bell was busted up several decades > ago just to see the parts of the old company re-consolidate back into > another giant monopolistic entity. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310387 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
