Many people used cable to keep the kids out of their hair. The Internet does a better job of that too (with a correspondingly greater risk of mischief).

I know people that watch around 4 hours or less of “TV” all week and yet have the most deluxe cable package. Why? Because they have more money to spend than time to think about how they are spending it.

For the technology involved cable services are far less complex than the telephone system since most cable content is little more than an amalgam of broadcast signals sent down a wire.

I know people who are paying extra for digital content but don’t even know how to access it. Getting paid extra for pixie dust doesn’t seem to bother the cable companies though.

I hope one day we can end these monopoly services. I think it will lead to lower prices and better service (or any service).