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...install a home dish only 18 in. in diameter. Though the hardware is still relatively expensive -- between $700 and $900, down from $2,000 to $3,000 for older big dishes -- the monthly cost of various channel packages is comparable to cable's. The chief competitor to DSS is Primestar, a four-year-old venture co-owned by General Electric and six cable operators (among them Time Warner). It requires a larger dish (36 in. in diameter) to bring in fewer channels (up to 77), but costs less up front (a $150 installation charge) since customers are allowed to lease...
Babets and Jean filed suit in Suffolk Superior Court in January 1986 challenging the legality of the new DSS rules. The suit named Dukakis, Human Services Secretary Philip Johnston and DSS Commissioner Sandy Matava as defendants, although Dukakis was later dropped as a named defendant...
DiGangi said the DSS documents have been impounded by the court pending the sex abuse and child custody cases between LaLonde and his former wife...
LaLonde also referred to a presence of a DSS report that he claims bolsters his defense...
...DSS officials could not be reached for comment yesterday...