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Free Net TV Threatens Telecoms 116

An anonymous reader writes "C|Net's running an article about the threat free television on the internet poses to traditional telecoms and cable companies." From the article: "No one is expecting Internet television to cannibalize traditional TV models overnight. Despite advancements in streaming technology, video delivered on the Web can still be choppy, with frequent interruptions as data packets buffer and reload on the screen. In fact many viewers who watched the NCAA tournament aired by CBS on the Internet last month complained about the network being overloaded."
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Free Net TV Threatens Telecoms

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  • Why would (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 13, 2006 @10:43AM (#15120936)
    Web can still be choppy, with frequent interruptions as data packets buffer and reload on the screen.


    Why would I want to get that for free, when I already pay for it from Comcast?

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