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davidc502
join:2002-03-06
Mount Juliet, TN

davidc502

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The single worst practice of cable providers

Let them fight and loose. I have zero sympathy for the huge cable companies.

They've gone unchecked for far too long, and time is about to catch up to them.

Red Hazard
Premium Member
join:2012-07-21
O Fallon, IL

Red Hazard

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New Streaming TV Services Could Weirdly Help Comcast

"The cable giant needs all the competition it can get these days, as it tries to convince regulators to approve its $45 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable.
Sling and other so-called over-the-top streaming TV services from Sony and Apple could be just what Comcast needs."

OTT video streaming services would ONLY be truly competitive if there is no cap on ALL of them.
WhatNow
Premium Member
join:2009-05-06
Charlotte, NC

WhatNow

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Re: New Streaming TV Services Could Weirdly Help Comcast

I am about to cut the cord. Not in to sport but I have to pay for ESPN channels and I am going 3 or 4 nights a week where I can not find any show I care to watch. I am not that picky. I seems the good shows will have one new episode and then two repeats. I end up watching shows ON Demand or I might as well use Netflix. The networks and cable channels are killing cable as much as the cable companies.

cralt
join:2011-01-07
CT

cralt

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The single worst practice of cable providers

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Telecoms have started making inroads with Internet-based fiber networks that can deliver a comparable TV service, but the cable guys still stand unopposed almost everywhere..... The best way forward is to accept the new reality, stop trying to bundle TV services with every sale, and become a vendor of simple Internet connections.
Only problem is that this author did zero research on the state of affairs today. The telco's STARTED to make inroads but now have walked away from wireline. Its all about the wireless for them now.

The reality is unless you have fiber TODAY your chances off ever seeing it are slim to none. FTR and CL are struggling just to limp their asdl stuff along. FiOS isn't being built out. And AT&T only seems to make halfhearted promises in markets that they can't sell off yet.

As long as thats the case the CableCo's can prop up that CATV service forever and fend off cord cutters with crappy pricing and data caps.