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Satellite TV's Fall To Earth (DISH)(DTV) (.. hehe - funny headline.. to me anyhow) 
Satellite TV has a business model that is too good to be true. Results from Echostar and DirecTV would indicate that they are thriving in both subscriber and revenue growth. But, there are at least three competing businesses that will make the expansion of the satellite TV operators come at a much higher cost....
--- Fiber-to-the-home....
--- Cable....
--- WiMax. Two years ago, WiMax appeared to be a technology developed by schizophrenics. But...
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Satellite TV's downfall eventually may be that it is uni-directional. It sends a signal down to the home, but does not take a signal back. The satellite people have set up a system where you can send data to them over a phone line, but it is, at best, a wacky contraption that customers would rather do without. The same people who may do without satellite TV all together.
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( The entire article is at the following source: http://247wallst.blogspot.com/2006/11/satellite-tvs-fall-to-earth.html )
Satellite TV has a business model that is too good to be true. Results from Echostar and DirecTV would indicate that they are thriving in both subscriber and revenue growth. But, there are at least three competing businesses that will make the expansion of the satellite TV operators come at a much higher cost....
--- Fiber-to-the-home....
--- Cable....
--- WiMax. Two years ago, WiMax appeared to be a technology developed by schizophrenics. But...
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Satellite TV's downfall eventually may be that it is uni-directional. It sends a signal down to the home, but does not take a signal back. The satellite people have set up a system where you can send data to them over a phone line, but it is, at best, a wacky contraption that customers would rather do without. The same people who may do without satellite TV all together.
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( The entire article is at the following source: http://247wallst.blogspot.com/2006/11/satellite-tvs-fall-to-earth.html )