> Calling their market segment "entertainment option" is disingenuous. > You > might as well call its market segment "business entity." Sure we have > plenty of those.
Calling it a "monopoly" is even more disingenuous. See your list below to see their competition and tell me how a single satellite company monopolizes anything. I'll add the MP3 player market too. > The problem here is that we got a government mandated oligopoly. And what is your complaint Kemosabe? I can't imagine you getting rid of the FCC, as I would. Your complaint is with them and their cronies at the NAB. They call the shots. > Both companies charge too much. That's your opinion. About 14 million people disagree with you. I know who my money is on. > Faced with a soft market they refuse to compete, instead preferring a government mandated monopoly. Mandated? No, no one in the guvmint told them to merge. XM and Sirius had to fight to get that. I suppose it would have been better that one or both of them went out of business instead, right? > 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. Yes, because launching a satellite network is just like erecting a radio tower. It is a standard. It's the 'S" band frequency, 2.3 GHz, for Digital Audio Radio Service. Only 4 companies applied for the 2 measly licenses the FCC was doling out with their depression era thinking. Both XM and Sirius paid $80,000,000 each for that, and this is the thanks they get. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
