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To: tmori who wrote (741)	4/15/1998 1:50:00 AM
From: Alan Norton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1394

Mori, Welcome to the thread. Go back and do some research on the investment made by AT&T in DirecTV. This will give you a valuation that you can compare to DISH. Although the subscribers to DirecTV were higher at that time than the current DISH subscriber base, the DISH network appears to me to be similar in many ways to DirecTV during that time frame. I still can't figure out what Charlie is going to do with the third satellite. As I understand it, the third satellite is slated to broadcast specialty channels, business data downloads, and local network channels to major U.S. markets. Anyone who wants to subscribe to one of the existing DISH packages and expecting to pick up a local network channel, if all goes as planned, would need two dishes. Two dishes on every roof is NOT the answer IMMHO. Does anyone know what has led to the upgrades today? Is the market expecting approval for local broadcasting via satellite?