What is the percentage of radio users who use AM/FM versus XM?  How does
that compare to the users of cable/satellite TV versus broadcast?
You argued earlier that the needs of the majority need to be served?  Which
is it???
Ben McCafferty
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> From: David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
> Reply-To: David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:32:33 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: NVC Wireless, was: Re: Fast German will fix the broken rebuild /
> Fix?
>
> I think maybe an analogy is in order to explain why I reacted so strongly
> to this "we have cable and satellite, so we don't need broadcast TV" idea.
>
> Do you listen to the radio in your van?  Well, there's satellite radio
> now.  So clearly we should auction off the current AM and FM bands to
> fatten the federal budget and benefit some corporation, and all those who
> want to get radio in their cars can pay $30 per month to one of the
> satellite radio companies.  What's that?  You can't get local news or
> traffic information anymore?  Well, that's too bad; we can't let silly
> things like access for the poor or local broadcasting get in the way of
> the ability of people with lots of money to buy new and exciting gadgets
> for themselves, can we?
>
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