"Roy J. Tellason" bravely wrote to "Greg Mayman" (18
Mar 04  04:06:51)
 --- on the heady topic of "{at}%^{at}#$%^ VEROBOARD"

 RJT> Greg Mayman wrote in a message to Mike Ross:
 GM> I'm tempted to think the aim is to drive people away from "free to
 GM> air" and onto cable and satellite.

 RJT> Sure.  But the folks who run the media will make out like bandits.

 RJT> There are way too many folks out there who'd like to see most of us
 RJT> paying, not just to buy a copy of music but to pay for the privilege
 RJT> of listening to it at all,  or to watch any tv at all,  and pay per
 RJT> view,  pay a monthly bill, it doesn't matter...

There is no business like one that brings in a monthly payment for an
apparent service. Insurance companies have learned this long ago.
However as to the content being devoid of ads because of it, is a
rather naive notion because in the long run it won't. The phone
company would also like to be rid of pulse dialing phones. ;-)

 Mike
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