cable Archive

  • Charter Communications: All your streams are belong to us

    Charter Communications: All your streams are belong to us

    A young man rang Charter Cable to cancel his cable TV connection and maintain his Internet connection. Why? Because cable TV is an anathema to this generation's vision of media consumption and/or it sucks. So he calls Charter and Charter informs him that he has to pay a $10 no-cable fee and he is told that soon Charter and the rest of the cable companies will control all streaming, thereby rendering all streaming media unusable after "May 1."

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  • What “on-demand” media really means and why your cable company should be scared

    What “on-demand” media really means and why your cable company should be scared

    I’ve been angling to get rid of my TiVo and cable for some time now and I believe I’ve finally figured out a solution that works best for me. It involves a lots scripting, Sabnzbd, and HandbrakeCLI and I’ll tell you what I ultimately did next week once it’s stable but it seems to be [...]

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  • Comcast launching “HomePoint” technology; welcome to 2001

    Comcast launching “HomePoint” technology; welcome to 2001

    Comcast is preparing to launch their new service, Homepoint, which will provide a VoIP handset with integration to email, news, weather, and other services. Wait, doesn't my mobile already do that?

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  • Turns out you really, really, like your television provider

    Turns out you really, really, like your television provider

    Last year, overall satisfaction with television providers was at the lowest level in 5 years. It seems however, that when J.D. Power tells the providers that they suck, they listen. And now, they seem to have actually turned it around.

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