Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | reply to LouiseBowes
Re: Dish/Directv?
There are other options now such as Hulu and Apple TV. You also have OTA. I'm thinking that this is a prelude to a buyout of Dish by Directv. |
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xirian
Premium
join:2003-01-26
Beacon, NY | There are places where OTA is hard or impossible to get, and hulu/appletv requires an internet connection. |
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random_texan
join:2007-02-08
San Antonio, TX | reply to Gilitar
What about those, like myself, who only get dialup? Can't download the newest episode of The Office on 28k. Not everyone has the option of online video. |
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CopperMux
join:2005-01-18 | reply to Gilitar
Apples and oranges. They are totally different content providers whereas Dish and DTV are providing 95% of the same thing. |
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sitrix
join:2002-04-15
Tacoma, WA
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Well, there is always C/Ku band (big dish) service that those people can get instead of DirectTV/Dish. In the end, DirectTV/Dish merger had some major players lobbing against it while there was nobody like that trying to de-rail Sirus/XM deal. I still don't understand how that merger is going to work since XM has geostationary orbit based sats while Sirus has Molniya orbit (eliptical) based sats. |
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