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Ah didn't know that. Seems like it has some possibilities but I agree I think it would be hard to make money in the consumer space. Direct-tv is doing it according to some other posts I read here but again I think direct-tv's installed base is 3 or 4 times that of dish. To bad they didn't merge. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Painter" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:06 PM Subject: Re: DirecPC Protocols > > Scott, > > Just an f.y.i., Charlie Ergan (DishNetwork) said he couldn't see how the business > plan could succeed and pulled out of StarBand. They are currently in Chap. 11. > > http://65.186.192.177/liarband/ch11.html > > --Michael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Granados" <[email protected]> > To: "Crist J. Clark" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:15 PM > Subject: Re: DirecPC Protocols > > > > > > Well there are some two way dish solutions for consumers now that don't > > need a dial-uplink. I think dishnetwork has such a thing as does direct > > tv. Doesn't help much but does help people in remote areas. > > > >
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