A good fraction of netflix use is on underpowered devices attached to tv's. Only the cable company can support channel-surfing on such underpowered set-top-box

A good fraction of netflix use is on underpowered devices attached to tv's. Only the cable company can support channel-surfing on such underpowered set-top-boxes, because only the cable company gets the bandwidth to continually stream a whole lineup of shows independent of who is watching them.