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The Gilded Cage

Here's an interesting observation from a telecom service "junkie"....

I dislike AOL business model like no one's business. However, I love my Tivo box(es). This is an interesting dichotomy. I would tear down the walled garden on the ISP side, but I have no issues with Tivo and DirecTV spoon feeding me my video selections. Perhaps its a 'gilded cage' scenario where I "enjoy" the "walled garden" provided by Tivo, but I know what's on the other side of the wall from an ISP perspective.

In any event, Tivo is moving to make the "cage" even nicer at CES.... :) And Comcast is hoping that the improvements keep people from looking on the other side of that wall keep the cable revenue stream going strong.

NOTE - Recently, I tried a PC video service while suffering withdrawal from one of my favorite fall network shows... Perhaps I have seen my first peek over that wall...

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  Posted by jmyers on January 11, 2008 8:00 AM |

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