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I never took the "cord" in cord cutting to be quite so literal. What I hope (and of course it's not by any means a done deal) is that the content producers are

I never took the "cord" in cord cutting to be quite so literal. What I hope (and of course it's not by any means a done deal) is that the content producers are going to be coming out from under the control of those who own the last mile distribution. That's why net neutrality is so important. If HBO has to ask permission of Time Warner for me to access HBO Now then we've gained nothing. With it, we can expect more competition, variety and choice of content. I hope.

jedberg 11y ago
I know where you were going with your example, but amusingly you chose Time Warner, who actually owns HBO. Which illustrates a totally different problem in the IPtv world. :) In your example a better choice would be Comcast.
- GeorgeOrr 11y ago
  Nice catch, and pretty funny.
- narrowrail 11y ago
  Time Warner Inc. (the content company that owns HBO, Warner Bros., etc.) and Time Warner Cable (in the process of being acquired by Charter) are 2 separate companies, so his example was actually fine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner_Cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner_Cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner
pyre 11y ago
The telecoms fight this because they don't want to become just a "dump pipe" that delivers data to you. At that point, their product/service has been commoditized and it's a race to the bottom.