Re:Netflix Is Killing BitTorrent in The US
by sudonim on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @07:02PM
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HBO on a cable subscription is still 15 - 20 clams. Even if it was available streaming or unbundled, that's still a lot more than the cost of netflix.
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Re:Netflix Is Killing BitTorrent in The US
by sukuriant on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @08:39PM
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But I'd be much faster to pay 15-20 than 65+(15 to 20)=80+ and watch 5 channels + HBO.
Re:Netflix Is Killing BitTorrent in The US
by robryan on Thursday April 28, 2011 @04:02AM
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I think cable misses an opportunity by forcing you to have a heap of channels you don't want just to get the stuff you do. I'd pay somewhere around $20 a month to get the probably 5 or so channels of any interest.
Re:Netflix Is Killing BitTorrent in The US
by MatthewPhillips on Thursday April 28, 2011 @09:55AM
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So.. what opportunity are they missing? The opportunity to get less money from their customers? Doesn't sound like much of an opportunity to me.
Re:Netflix Is Killing BitTorrent in The US
by yalurker on Thursday April 28, 2011 @01:59PM
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The opportunity is that they could have more customers. Many people are canceling their cable subscriptions because the price is too high for the value it offers. If cable companies allowed customers to have only a few channels that they cared about for a lower fee, many of these people would keep some level of cable subscription.