Internet companies that are also cable providers have an inherent conflict of interest; they want to keep as many people as possible tied to the dinosaur techno

Internet companies that are also cable providers have an inherent conflict of interest; they want to keep as many people as possible tied to the dinosaur technology of cable as long as they can--so it's in their interest not to provide sufficiently good service to let people cut the cable, or to strong-arm networks into not providing their programming via the net.