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

To: Roger Bodine who wrote (680)	3/10/1998 8:38:00 AM
From: Carter Patterson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1394

Well, the big news if you have not heard is the transformation of AT50 to AT60. If you have AT50 you will automatically go to AT60 in April. Its a slight price increase. I believe it will now cost 28.95. I think its a good way to increase your prices by tucking in some advances. As a customer, I appreciate the fact that I genuinely believe that they are trying to keep their prices low but still expand programming. Of course, they have to keep their prices the lowest. When you are #3 trying to be #1, you have to be the cost leader. They did NOT mention a delay in Echo IV. I believe he said it was launching next month and will be operational by summer. The new channels, including MSNBC and Classic Sports, are nice pluses. They did have to pull the superstations out of the AT50 because of some new tariffs imposed. They are packaging them into one group that can be purchased in addition to the AT60. Carter