Space X to Merge with EchoStar?

Watching the Indiana game this weekend I saw this after my Hopper crashed for the third time and I decided to let it record the 4K HDR event instead of watching it:
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Huh, DiSH 45 years? It's barely cracked 30...Unless this is a dealer counting back through c-band and offair

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Huh, DiSH 45 years? It's barely cracked 30...Unless this is a dealer counting back through c-band and offair
EchoStar was founded in 1980 ( 45 years ago) by Charlie Ergen and Candy Ergen and Jim DeFranco as a distributor of C-band satellite TV dishes. Originally operating as Echosphere Corporation, it evolved from a small Colorado-based retailer into a major satellite owner and operator, later launching DISH Network service in 1996 (30 years ago).

Recent history: In 2023 EchoStar completed a merger to re-acquire DISH Network, brining the companies back together.
 
DiSH was a hard break from previous involvement in home satellite as Echo. Echo wasn't DBS. Echo wasn't even a service provider. When a co. is telling me that it's "trusted," I'm immediately suspicious. I sure don't "trust" them
 
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seen an add for $ 50.00 a month with free instal!!!
i wonder how well charlies gonna make out on this i view starlink as a niche market for travelers and people in the boonies

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Just got this bad boy