That's all well and good, but I've seen news stories about problems with illegal satellite dishes in middle-eastern and eastern-european countries, which means they have access to the signals. I'm assuming Japan has satellite coverage, and probably India too, if no other countries around there do, and due to the extreme altitude that geosynchronous satellites must orbit at they have a rather large footprint. That leaves possible coverage holes of parts of Africa, Russia, and China. I doubt even those holes exist, but can't prove tehy don't, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. The Earth may be curved, but there are plenty of satellites.
What exactly are legitimate uses for smart cards? I'm not contesting the fact that there are legititmate uses, I'm just personally unaware of them, and am curious.
Let's get real, 'adding programing that the customer doesn't want' has been around since cable and got worse with the dish.
Granted they sell cable and satellite in packages stuffed with contents that the customers don't want, but does that detract from the value of a stand against corporate abuse?
To switch to a different carrier because of this is to punish Dish for standing up to the big content provider. By switching carriers you would be helping Viacom manipulate the industry by forcing the carriers to add programming that they don't want simply to allow them to maintain the rights to other stations. In my opinion this is extortion, and I applaud Dish for refusing to give in to it.
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That's all well and good, but I've seen news stories about problems with illegal satellite dishes in middle-eastern and eastern-european countries, which means they have access to the signals. I'm assuming Japan has satellite coverage, and probably India too, if no other countries around there do, and due to the extreme altitude that geosynchronous satellites must orbit at they have a rather large footprint. That leaves possible coverage holes of parts of Africa, Russia, and China. I doubt even those holes exist, but can't prove tehy don't, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. The Earth may be curved, but there are plenty of satellites.
What exactly are legitimate uses for smart cards? I'm not contesting the fact that there are legititmate uses, I'm just personally unaware of them, and am curious.
Granted they sell cable and satellite in packages stuffed with contents that the customers don't want, but does that detract from the value of a stand against corporate abuse?
Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't satellite signals available anywhere in the world?
To switch to a different carrier because of this is to punish Dish for standing up to the big content provider. By switching carriers you would be helping Viacom manipulate the industry by forcing the carriers to add programming that they don't want simply to allow them to maintain the rights to other stations. In my opinion this is extortion, and I applaud Dish for refusing to give in to it.