[ale] ick - big brother alert

[William Fragakis]

That's the problem they are trying to deal with. I said several years
ago that the cable companies operating as ISPs would have a big problem
in that the service (TV content) they could meter so well would become a
commodity on the very same pipe they delivered into the home at a fixed
rate (cable internet). 

Now, they are trying to figure out a way to remeter the internet content
or risk having their profit structure flatten (and decline). When they
could meter, they could charge a premium price for the most desirable
content (e.g. HBO) much the same way KFC charges more for chicken
breasts than thighs.

On the internet, all content is the same price - $42.95. It's like
having mixed buckets and all white meat buckets of fried chicken costing
the same.

wf
On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 21:37 -0600, JK wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > http://www.cablefax.com/cfp/just_in/Future-Gazing-at-CableLabs-Innovation-Showcase_37042.html
> > 
> > The opening paragraph is really creepy.
> 
> 
> I was struck by the phrase, occurring multiple times in the article:
> "TV Everywhere movement".
> 
> Fsck, isn't it ALREADY everywhere?
> 
> This "movement", I'm guessing, is not exactly a grassroots uprising.
> 
> -- JK
> 
> 
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