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Technology Stocks : Echostar Comm. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Noel who wrote (499)	12/7/1997 2:23:00 AM
From: Satellite Mike	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1394

Yes, I think your right Noel, that the announcement of a nice accomplishment. This took place without even much national advertsing, the vast majority of ads being made before the product was being promoted in over 800 Sears stores. But most impressive is the dbs ads rates for Echostar, holding their own very well against the like of Primestar (TCI) and even Direct TV. All this with very little national advertising and/or presence in the major retail stores (such as Best Buy, Circuit City, Radio Shack). Echostar has the best orbital slots in the industry, and I'm sure that Rupert is not alone in wanting a piece of this not yet cash flow producing company. Do they really only have 40,000,000 or so shares outstanding? The remote control sure blows Direct TVs away, doesn't it?