Now that this letter has been sent to us, we will investigate (the allegations). Our legal department will get involved and investigate it.

When you compare a digital package from cable with one from DBS, namely us, we come out lower [in price] and better [value]. That's the drive for customers to switch, whether the county is urban or rural.

We're doing something new this year: We're unbundling local TV channels. Customers can choose local channels from Dish or get their local channels through an off-air antenna for a savings of $5.

It's a way to go after another segment of the population that wants to sign up for satellite-TV service but hasn't had a way to do it.

Perhaps we will learn how small differences in the code of life enabled us - but not chimpanzees - to cook soufflés, create symphonies, translate our own voyages into maps, build ever more complicated artifacts, and write plays that reflect the social intricacies of our lives.

Perhaps we will learn how small differences in the code of life enabled us -- but not chimpanzees -- to cook soufflés, create symphonies, translate our own voyages into maps, build ever more complicated artifacts, and write plays that reflect the social intricacies of our lives.