Re: [telecom] From Comcast, TV as data center

The Globe wrote:
A new service from cable television giant Comcast Corp. could turn
the home TV into a home data center, tracking everything from
business appointments to household security.

We already have this. It's called a PC with Internet service. Many viewers,
including myself, have already taken to using it as a complete substitute for
"television" in all its other forms.

The only remaining step is for the remaining content providers to figure out
that they have more to gain by moving there than by continuing to pretend that
their use of old equipment protects them against copyright infringement.
(Or that their vertical semi-integration with cable and satellite TV companies
can continue to keep them afloat.)

The music and talk shows I care most about, including Glenn Beck, have already
made the move. Most of the rest of us have nothing to lose by following them.
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