Charlie speaks..... Finally!!!

[yellowcanary73]

Thanks to a sharp drop in EchoStar Communications Corp.'s share price last week, AT&T Inc. is reportedly putting together a bid to buy the satellite television provider before the year ends, according to a report in the online edition of Barron's

SO MUCH FOR COMPETITION

[rad]

As a D* customer that's good news

[Stargazer]

I knew that would happen, that AT&T would be taking advantage of the huge stock drop.

[iceondsom]

AT&T can bid until they're blue in the face but it won't matter unless Charlie wants to sell. He's got more than 50% of the voting shares.

[charlesrshell]

AT&T can bid until they're blue in the face but it won't matter unless Charlie wants to sell. He's got more than 50% of the voting shares.

Well, I hope he doesn't sell. I signed up with Dish because of quality. I researched for a long time on witch satellite company to join. I tried out both Dish and Direct at friends homes. I talked to three highly qualified retail satellite installers that install for both companies and all of them told me they prefer Dish because of quality, etc, etc. So what on getting behind the HD stuff. Charlie has had some bad luck with satellite failures. Dish will bounce back. I hope he hangs in there and doesn't sell. My question is, does Charlie have someone on his staff that monitors this Satellite Guys.US Forum to learn what how their customers feel about things going on?

[iceondsom]

Yes

[Zero327]

Self-appointed CSRs and a few people just curious about what's being said and where are around. Mostly CSRs, but none appointed by Chuck. Generally forums are watched more to get an idea of retailers feelings and issues than consumer issues. Consumers are easy, they call in and scream for an hour when unhappy.