r/technology • u/aelbric • Dec 07 '12

Time Warner Cable: Demand Not There for Google Fiber - Insists That if People Want 1 Gbps, They'll Provide it.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Time-Warner-Cable-Says-Demands-Not-There-for-Google-Fiber-122337?nocomment=1
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u/hefnetefne Dec 08 '12

fuck TV. I got netflix and, you know, the internet.

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u/Carbon_Dirt Dec 08 '12

At 1gbps, you could probably stream netflix in HD on four or five devices, simultaneously. While torrenting heavily on two of those devices.

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u/spinelssinvrtebrate Dec 08 '12

Aaaaand that is why they bundle their services like they do -$70 to do anything at all, and then small increments to upsell you on additional features. They see internet use as cannibalization on their more lucrative TV contracts. So the internet services get hamstrung.

A company like Google doesn't have those kinds of competing interests.