Public service, a publicly available infractructure in place for uses considered of public good (those probably are 'public goods', as well). Dialing emergency services from a phonebooth have always been free, at least overhere they have been. Unfortunately the number of phone booths have been greatly reduced, especially over the past decade. Quite remarkably Dutch incumbent telco just announced they would start to put back registers accepting coins, about fifteen years after they ripped them out of their booths. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 2:54 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Sony U.S execs: Expect a robust holiday season At 2:22 PM -0500 11/21/05, Bob Miller wrote: >Richard Hollandsworth wrote: > >>For the UBBER-TVER who can't get by with simple indoor antennas, >>wouldn't Cable or SAT make more sense???? >> >> > >Cable and satellite cost money. There is not excuse for any citizen to >be denied the use of there OTA DTV spectrum and free TV when there is a >modulation that would have no trouble delivering it. > >A better modulation is what would make "more sense". > So when did "Free TV" become a citizen's right? Telephone service costs money too. Where is my free phone service? Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.