I meant to post this last week when I heard the final installment on NPR, but forgot. After Craig's future of TV remote comment, it reminded me of it again.
David Katzmaier of CNet started a little blog called "Diary of a Cord Cutter" in which he cut the cord at his home, then blogged about his ways to satisfy his programming needs with a combination of OTA, Web, and Netflix.
His experiment lasted about two months.Here is his last blog entry: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20025595-1.html
And here is the NPR story: http://www.npr.org/2010/12/29/132430647/Cord-Cutting-Could-Help-Bring-Down-Cable-Bill
The takeaway quote from the NPR story: "My wife was not thrilled with all the different interfaces that she had to contend with. I actually left for a business trip and during that time Beth, my wife, was definitely missing the tech support for our massive technology experiment."
I think that Comcast, DirecTV, Dish, and Verizon can breathe easy for a bit longer...
John
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