Re:How a former lobbyist became the broadband industry’s wor...
by ryao on Thursday March 24, 2016 @04:20PM
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The cable companies might have once been the underdogs, but were they ever the good guys?
They seem to have succeeded in charging people for things that were free of charge. I heard originally that they claimed to be commercial free TV, but at some point, the cable channels decided to double dip with advertisements and rather than demand reductions in costs so cable bills would decline, the cable companies went along with it. They also enabled the rise of ESPN, which charges a fortune for things many would rather do without.
As far as I can tell, the broadcasters are the good guys ones.
They seem to have succeeded in charging people for things that were free of charge. I heard originally that they claimed to be commercial free TV, but at some point, the cable channels decided to double dip with advertisements and rather than demand reductions in costs so cable bills would decline, the cable companies went along with it. They also enabled the rise of ESPN, which charges a fortune for things many would rather do without.
As far as I can tell, the broadcasters are the good guys ones.