you are confusing local into local and DNS. This thread is about distants that people sometimes got by "moving" into an unserved area or other methods. Local into local doesnt have anything to do with this. Of course people can (possibly) get a differnet set of locals by this method but this has always been the case. I dont think everybody is squwaking about the loss of dns because they dont get any networks. It was ny/la/etc. that they wanted. Very few people are in nonlocal markets. If this is simply about getting any locals, there wouldnt be such a furor...
dishrich said:Of COURSE you can "move" your way out of this - on the contrary, "moving" will probably be on the increase due to this! The only thing is, if E* ends up dumping ALL distant service & puts ALL existing CONUS distants on spotbeams, you can still move to nearby/adjacent markets, of which their spotbeams cover your specific location. While obviously many people would not be able to get the likes of NY, LA & Denver, they could still get OOM nets & at least get something besides their crummy locals. (such as what ours are here)
At my location, I could choose from over 1/2 dozen DMA's besides my own - while some of them I would have NO interest in, other markets such as Chicago & St.Louis MORE than fill the bill for myself as alternate markets. (although I will miss having NY & LA, but I'll survive...)
