Comments on: What tomorrow’s cable box looks like http://gigaom.com/2011/11/10/theplatform-roadmap-2011/ Tue, 21 May 2013 16:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: KenG http://gigaom.com/2011/11/10/theplatform-roadmap-2011/#comment-673952 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:27:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=437239#comment-673952 “How do you build a cable box for people who are used to the iPad?”

It’s called a modem/router/access point combined with video over IP. That’s what the world demands, but cable companies still harbor this fantasy about being retailers of content, and not “dumb pipes”, so they resist selling what people want to buy.

Eventually, they will have no choice. Unless they collude with all of the other broadband providers.

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