[SpaceBar]

That's an interesting question. My answer: A monopoly isn't a state of one provider without context. It's a state of one provider with a distinct history of anti-competitive behavior that allowed that monopoly to come into existence in the first place. Mergers are one such avenue, and why the government oversees them. So my answer would be "no", if one company fell by the wayside on a fair economic playing field, then a sole survivor wouldn't be a monopoly nor should it be subject to governmental anti-monopolistic intervention or punished simply for having good business sense.

[Loyolas Mattman]

Where is the anti-competitive behavior on the part of XM or Sirius?

I don’t think XM is going to put a laser on top of their headquarters to shoot a new rival’s birds out of the sky.

Just because it’s impractical to start a competing business doesn’t make it a monopoly.

[devane617]

SpaceBar, Do you work in the radio business? nab, radio,etc?

[paltz]

Considering all the major conservative think tank scholars disagree with your analysis, I,m willing to bet their logic on this matter more than yours.