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From: berger@atropa (Dire Wolf)
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Subject: Re: Cable Competition at Last!
Keywords: Direct Broadcast Coming Soon
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Date: 27 Jan 91 00:03:16 GMT
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ken@wybbs.mi.org (Ken) writes:
>Starting this summer, a company called Sky Pix (Kent, WA) will be
>selling a direct broadcast dish system for the home. Dishes have
>been around for a long time, but check out these details:
*----
If the system is as described, I doubt that it will be successful.
First, many people video tape for time-shifting purposes.  Having
to pay extra for that feature means that many people will not even
get the "basic" service they are paying for.  Secondly, with my
conventional cable service, I can run as many cable-ready TV's
and VCR's as I want, each on their own channel.  Will you be able
to do that with this system?
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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