>It's not a monopoly. It's one entertainment option among many. Saying that >XM/Sirius is a monopoly is akin to arguing that WAMU is a monopoly because >it's the only station that can broadcast at 88.5 MHz in the DC area.
Calling their market segment "entertainment option" is disingenuous. You might as well call its market segment "business entity." Sure we have plenty of those. The problem here is that we got a government mandated oligopoly. Both companies charge too much. They use incompatable systems that exclude all competition. Faced with a soft market they refuse to compete, instead preferring a government mandated monopoly. This is bad stuff. What we need is a standard transmission system that is open to all who want to participate. The same kind of standards that gave us AM, FM, NTSC, ATSC/HDTV, and HD Radio. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
