Everybody has been ditching land lines for awhile now. I did it years ago as I found a family plan spread over myself and two kids off in college in 3 total residences made the cell even cheaper than POTS.
- Tom dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Craig:"But subscribing to an MVPD is considered to be as important as having a Pots telephone connection in your home."Actually, maybe more so. Many folks I know here in Las Vegas are ditching POTS and using cellular as their primary. Our household may soon be one of them.DanInactive hide details for Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>*Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>* Sent by: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/04/2008 09:25 AM Please respond to opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [opendtv] Re: News: The Real Fight Over Fake News At 11:25 AM -0400 6/4/08, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >Craig Birkmaier wrote: > >> Consumers are not coming back to FOTA [IN THE U.S.] because the >> congloms are sucking the life out of that service and will >> abandon it soon. > >Like I said before, Craig: > >"'The ability to push consumers'?? What, like consumers must be >gellyfish? Bob explained to you that he was on the verge of de-tethering >himself. It is the congloms and MVPD companies that will have to adapt >to consumers, not vice versa." > >Ultimately, you might be right. But it all depends on us, the consumers. >It all depends whether consumers march in lock step to whatever tune the >congloms and MVPDs play, or whether they push back. To the extent they can, they are pushing back - hence the huge concern about piracy among the congloms. Clearly anyone under 30 is more likely to try alternatives. But subscribing to an MVPD is considered to be as important as having a Pots telephone connection in your home. It will take some time for significant numbers of consumers to opt out. The congloms have held on for the past thirty years, even as their core market has splintered in a million directions. They still have the power to influence the public and the influence in Washington to hold onto their power. So yes, they can still push most consumers around...for now. >You seem happy to acknowledge that consumers have convinced the congloms >to de-tether their content by making it available over the Internet, but >you seem unable to carry that idea beyond just the Internet. Huh? We've already discussed the widespread availability of TV content on DVDs. Different tether, but a huge market for the congloms. And consumers did not convince the congloms to make their content available via the Internet. They just DID IT themselves. The congloms had little choice but to compete with the pirates and legitimize this new distribution infrastructure. As for de-tethering, there have been few successes with mobile DTV in the U.S. Consumers are not buying into the notion that they need a TV subscription package for their phones that mirrors the packages they have at home. Consumers are looking at the ability to place shift content to their mobile platforms, and even to download that content when there is wireless bandwidth available. Will MPH change this? Only if they can figure out how to get receivers into consumers mobile devices. Time will tell. Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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