You're not really the typical TV watcher. The average person watches nearly twice as much video in a day as you do in a week. There was a NY Times story a few d

You're not really the typical TV watcher. The average person watches nearly twice as much video in a day as you do in a week. There was a NY Times story a few days ago examining cord-cutters showing the numbers just don't back up the hype. People actually aren't cutting the cord. They might be scaling back (who needs 30 HBOs?) but for the most part they're willing to pay for linear video services. I agree the future of cable / telcos is being an IP pipe but I don't think they'll be dumb pipe providers. They'll either be selling the IP services or cutting deals Verizon/Google style to maintain control of the network in other ways. Think about it from the perspective of Hulu -- wouldn't it make sense to cut a deal with Comcast if they were willing to make it very difficult for their subscribers to download illegal files? You'll end up subscribing to Hulu or Netflix the same way you subscribe to Comcast's digital premium expanded gold package or whatever they call it. Just another line item on your Comcast bill.