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The claim by the Comcast’s of the world has been that to get everything you previously had with cable you would need to pay a lot more, but what’s happening is

by xt00 7y ago

The claim by the Comcast’s of the world has been that to get everything you previously had with cable you would need to pay a lot more, but what’s happening is that there is consolidation within the content provider side like Hulu now being part of Disney. So the total list of streaming services we might end up with is probably around 4-6, so if each one costs around $10 then that’s still way cheaper than most cable services that are still charging extra for “HD” service and stuff like that.. So next play is for somebody like Disney to buy an internet service provider or something? Otherwise comcast will start throttling all of their competitors more than they already are..

dragontamer 7y ago
> So next play is for somebody like Disney to buy an internet service provider or something? AT&T owns cell-phones, ISPs, HBO+, WB, DC-universe, and more.
- wizardsOfOz 7y ago
  AT&T also is a horribly managed, bureaucratic company. They have like 8 branded streaming products besides HBO Go, Max, Plus and snow. IMO, Netflix’s high performance culture and attention to detail could be what sets them apart. If they’re not throttled by one of these providers of course.
  - xt00 7y ago
    Yea the hbo streaming situation is bonkers.. totally reeks of meeting some odd corporate goals or some BS. They need to solidify their offerings at ATT into like one service or something.. just have it be like HBO+ and call it a day.
hos234 7y ago
Or just buy/lobby govts to make Internet free in the sense that roads are. Once individual consumers hit "peak data" consumable, which despite all the hoopla about phones/IoT devices everywhere streaming in 8k 24x7, has probably already happened (upper limit being the brains input bandwidth), there is no great reason for anyone to invest in ISP's esp looking forward 10-20 years. Kind of like Walmart or Amazon thinking they need to buy highways to keep their addicts supplied.

by xt00 7y ago

dragontamer 7y ago

> So next play is for somebody like Disney to buy an internet service provider or something? AT&T owns cell-phones, ISPs, HBO+, WB, DC-universe, and more.

wizardsOfOz 7y ago
AT&T also is a horribly managed, bureaucratic company. They have like 8 branded streaming products besides HBO Go, Max, Plus and snow. IMO, Netflix’s high performance culture and attention to detail could be what sets them apart. If they’re not throttled by one of these providers of course.
- xt00 7y ago
  Yea the hbo streaming situation is bonkers.. totally reeks of meeting some odd corporate goals or some BS. They need to solidify their offerings at ATT into like one service or something.. just have it be like HBO+ and call it a day.

hos234 7y ago

Or just buy/lobby govts to make Internet free in the sense that roads are. Once individual consumers hit "peak data" consumable, which despite all the hoopla about phones/IoT devices everywhere streaming in 8k 24x7, has probably already happened (upper limit being the brains input bandwidth), there is no great reason for anyone to invest in ISP's esp looking forward 10-20 years. Kind of like Walmart or Amazon thinking they need to buy highways to keep their addicts supplied.