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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.