Craig Birkmaier wrote: > Nobody is disputing that ads work Bert. The dispute is that they > pay for themselves. Come now. If ads didn't pay for themselves many times over, no one would use them, Craig. > Sorry Bert, but there are no alternatives for most of the MVPD > content I watch. Huh? "There are no alternatives," or what? You vaporize? There are a ton of alternatives. If you create totally inelastic demand, then the supply side can set prices wherever they please. It's very simple, Craig. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.