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" <tvhawaii@shaka.com> To: <nanog@merit.edu> 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" <scott@wworks.net> To: "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com> Cc: <nanog@merit.edu> 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.