stephany.WBST@Xerox.ARPA (11/01/85)
Last word on Satellite viewing freedoms: All satellite channels may now be coded. Congress passed a law a few years ago that they could not be coded "most of the time" until decoders could be rented by the cable companies to the satellite viwers. They are now available (about $12 a month). The satellite system sellers are pressuring for a 2 year extension but it probably won't make it. Look forward to coded (no you can't build your own decoder) reception as the norm in the next 6mo to year. So you can forget the freedom stuff. Joe