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[QUOTE="cuseinchina, post: 727027, member: 3079"]
Ok. Content companies, of which there are hundreds, bundling their content among their own internal properties, cannot be compared with an oligopolistic cable industry cramming a bundle many people don't want down consumers throats.  It also supports my statement that the content providers will see more value accrue to them not less.   And bundles offered by one of many content aggregators from whom consumers will be able to choose under an alternative transmission regime  are competitive rather than monopolistic - I welcome them but don't want to be forced in to buying one.
 
Of course bundles will continue to exist - we'll just pay less for them.
 
And of course the cable companies will try to jack up the rates on broadband access, it is the only lever they will have remaining to pull. Fortunately that will incentivize the telcos to push fiber further into their networks and pricing will never be able to the point where the cable co's can extract monopoly level profits that are essentially stolen from owners of content and consumers.
 
I'm running out of gas on this - it's like arguing with an attorney who keeps saying the same things over and over and over again even when the question or discussion shifts gears - this doesn't make the statements true or right, it just leaves no room for concession or negotiation...so going on on this is fruitless. I am really not even sure what your argument is given the contradictions. But why don't we put an end to this and lay out our four point visions for what the landscape will look like in 5 years, place a wager, and then revisit in 5 years and see who's the most right?
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