Tag: #cord-cutting
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Episode Eight: Keep My TV Free
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Obsolete in 2028? The television set you have just purchased and connected to your new antenna to start your cord-curation journey with the free over-the-air broadcast channels may no longer work if the FCC allows the Broadcasters to stop simulcasting their ATSC 1.0 channels and fully transition to the new…
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Episode Seven: In Which We Build a U-verse
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In 2006, the newly branded AT&T launched U-verse T.V. as part of its triple-play package, including broadband internet and IP Phone (VOIP). The first market launch was in San Antonio, Texas, in June 2006, but AT&T had an aggressive expansion campaign throughout its twenty-two-state franchise. After successfully lobbying each state…
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Episode Five: The Fine Art of Tubing
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YouTube is what MTV never dreamed it could be. Broadband Speeds Keep Getting Faster- Average speeds by year. (Kbps= One thousand bits per second) (Mbps= One million bits per second) I first saw the new music television cable network MTV at the Great Lakes Naval Recruit Training Center. While waiting…
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Episode Four: How We Reaped the Wind for Free Content
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In 1946, only 6,000 television sets were in operation, mostly in greater New York City, where there were already three broadcast stations; by 1949, the number had increased to 3 million sets, and by 1951, it had risen to 12 million In 1951 there were 64 American cities with television…
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Episode Three: What Kind of Viewer are You?
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Five years ago, I began this project as a work of spite. My original title for the book was “The Cord Cutter’s Guide to the Galaxy.” I was determined to help cleave the cord for as many people as possible and free them from the high costs of their home…
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Episode Two: The Myth of Cord Cutting
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In 2012, the term Cord-Cutting became the popular way to describe the growing number of consumers fleeing the rising costs of their cable-TV subscriptions. Millions left cable companies; however, few disconnected. 2012- 66% of households in the U.S. had a broadband connection. 2024- 93% of households in the U.S. have…