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<p>equipped yet with <a href="page.php?w=ground_station">ground station</a> receiving equipment to receive the networks' satellite feeds, and due to the broadcast networks' contractual obligations with AT&T up until the breakup in 1984, when the networks immediately switched to satellite exclusively. This was due to several reasons&nbsp;-- the much cheaper rates for transmission offered by satellite operators that were not influenced by the high <a href="page.php?w=telecommunications_tariff">tariffs</a> set by AT&T for broadcast customers, the split</p><p>
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