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Cable TV’s Nightmare
KONK REACTOR column
[Published in the KONK Life newspaper on February 14, 2013.]
Cable TV’s Nightmare
You hear a lot about the Xfinity vs U-verse war, and DirectTV and Dish skirmishes. But Big Cable’s real enemy is IPTV (“internet protocol television”). TV that doesn’t NEED cable (other than to carry internet). Last year 1.5 million more people cut their cable & satellite than signed up, and this is growing. Recently my household joined those ranks.
I was already getting antsy about the rising cable bill even as I got more of my entertainment through other, uhhh, channels. Then this year’s annual price boost added new monthly charges for the two little “free” boxes Comcast had given us when they’d taken away direct access by other TVs in the house. It was the last straw: Bye-bye, Xfinity!
Now we’re loving the $90+ reduction in our monthly Comcast bill, (more…)