In this context, AT&T's purchase of DirecTV makes a lot more sense: A fairly large subscriber base, some high demand exclusives (NFL Sunday Ticket). The whole s

In this context, AT&T's purchase of DirecTV makes a lot more sense: A fairly large subscriber base, some high demand exclusives (NFL Sunday Ticket). The whole satellite thing is just an implementation detail. If the network is neutral enough that AT&T can make more money selling you out-of-market NFL games over your commoditized Comcast internet, they'll do that. If not, there's still the dishes, U-Verse, and eventually enough cellular bandwidth.