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The Hottest Dish in Real Estate

BY Darryl Vernon
May 01, 2003

“Television has changed the American city from top to bottom. In the days of Lucy and Ricky, antennas covered apartment rooftops. Then came the cable lines buried under the streets or snaking along utility poles. Now, a device once identified with the countryside is showing up in urban landscapes: the satellite dish.” ' Selingo, Jeffrey: To Landlords' Vexation, Cities Embrace the Dish, The New York Times, September 12, 2002, G5.

Last year, according to industry groups and analysts, roughly 18% of the nation's 17.7 million small-dish owners lived in urban areas, and the numbers are soaring. Many viewers believe that the quality of satellite reception, including the channels offered, is far superior to cable. And of course the New York experience, when people could not watch the Yankees last year, caused many to switch from cable to satellite.

In part to “promote competition and reduce regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid deployment of new telecommunications technologies,” Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to allow people in various types of housing to get satellite television in their homes. The act provided:

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