I was told this is a totally new service and that CostCo has an exclusive contract to distribute it initially.

May not be the same thing.

-David

"Joseph T. Tannenbaum" wrote:

> no rumor, Radio Shack has it.  You can get tv and internet on the same
> dish.  Main problem: The internet service is MSN.
> Joe
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of David
> > P. Schwartz
> > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 8:59 PM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Sprint Broandband -- consider this...
> >
> >
> > RUMOR:  I was at the new CostCo in ChrisTown just after they opened (early
> > December) and had an interesting conversation with the guy who
> > was managing
> > their computer stock.  He said that CostCo had recently signed a
> > contract with
> > some (unnamed) company to be the exclusive distributor of a NEW
> > service that's
> > launching in the March-April time-frame.  This is supposedly a
> > satellite-based
> > service that uses one of the little 19" dish antennae and will provide a
> > hundred or more cable TV channels, phone, and high-speed internet
> > access, all
> > for a price he said would be comparable to what you'd pay Cox
> > Cable for about
> > the same service.
> >
> > -David Schwartz
> >
> >
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