And when do you think the old age of the robber barons ended? Steve On 1 July 2011 18:05, Don Latham <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
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