[Guest Post] Cable Providers of the Future

Who’s gonna be your television provider in the future? The answer may surprise you.

There’s a lot of talk out there about television. These days, with shows as important and mindblowing as Breaking Bad or Walking Dead, to say nothing about True Blood or the amazing stuff on Adult Swim, content is the most important thing around right now. That’s why broadcast is slowly becoming more obsolete and companies like Viacom are fighting with everyone over what their shows are worth.

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Some people believe that programs and services like Netflix and Hulu will take over the airwaves of the future and many other companies are also looking to fill that gap. No one wants to be left in the dust the way some companies like Samsung and Motorola were when cell phones became popular. This is why things like Apple TV and Amazon’s streaming services are so interesting. But will they replace the major cable companies? Not likely.

For one, let’s look at Google’s Fiber project in Kansas City. Even though they’re offering TV services along with their incredibly high speed internet, the prices are about the same. Cable companies have the infrastructure to balance all this and more – what we’re looking at for the future of companies like Comcast and Time Warner Cable isn’t bankruptcy, but adaption.

That’s actually good news for you – in the very near future, your home internet speed will likely triple or quadruple and probably drop in price as well. Cable will likely drop in price too, so long as content providers figure out that high costs are a thing of the past. The economy itself will also likely recover soon and so that extra monthly fee won’t seem like much.

There’s plenty to profit from for everyone. Soon, being plugged into the internet and the TV will be easier than ever and we’ll never even notice the difference. Remember dial up? What’s that?

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About the author:

Jimmy Kane is a technical writer from Texas who lives with his wife and three kids. He maintains the website Time Warner Cable El Paso.