IMHO, it's the new age of the robber barons. Paying for content is one thing, paying a government granted monopoly for use of the transmission medium is another. There is no effective competition if the bandwidth is sold to the highest bidder, locking out competition. Comparable to the great land giveaways to implement the transcontinental railways. Don
David I. Emery > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 03:29:49PM -0700, J. Forster wrote: >> If over-the-air TV were abolished, that would leave all broadcast >> media in >> the hands of Comcast and Verizon and their $100+ charges. > > Broadcast TV will never go away... far too important to the > political class as a place for political ads and local news about the > local congresscritters. > > But you forget satellite DTH TV.... Dish and DirecTV have tens > of millions of subs now... it's not just Verizon and Comcast. > >> >> It amounts to a communication tax on the entire population. > > Pay cable content seems to be succeeding in the marketplace > despite its higher price to consumers... and the continuing presence of > "free" broadcast TV. > > And more and more of the quality content is there and only there > (and on the Internet for pay too). > > >> >> -John > > > -- > Dave Emery N1PRE/AE, [email protected] DIE Consulting, Weston, > Mass 02493 > "An empty zombie mind with a forlorn barely readable weatherbeaten > 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole > - in > celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now > either." > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind." R. Bacon "If you don't know what it is, don't poke it." Ghost in the Shell Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL Six Mile Systems LLP 17850 Six Mile Road POB 134 Huson, MT, 59846 VOX 406-626-4304 www.lightningforensics.com www.sixmilesystems.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
