CNBC reports today that wireless 5G networks likely to make

[pittdan77]

I have long wondered the same thing. Why on earth would they think this would benefit them? Also, why do people think this is going to happen swiftly? It's just completely nuts.

I think it has a lot to do with cost in this case.

The problem with cable is the infrastructure. It's expensive to install and even more expensive to maintain. Dish isn't too far behind in that it is a little cheaper but there's still infrastructure that needs to be dealt with at the customer level.

5G is super cool because it's a lot cheaper for a company like Comcast to piggyback onto a digital signal. Now you're back to a broadcast model where you can fire a digital signal right at your customers. In cities, that's pretty easy. Out in the sticks, it's getting easier.

I live in the middle of nowhere. I cannot get cable run to my home but the cell service has improved dramatically in just the last half dozen years. There is even talk of providing wifi to the community via a nearby tower that is currently in the development stages.

This isn't a huge leap guys.

 

[wbrpanther]

Why do you maintain the phone line? They have bundles for internet and cable just the same as they do for phone, internet, and cable. You can use many different websites to call your lost phone.

Bundling just cable and internet is more expensive with Comcast and don't ask me why because I don't know. But that's what they always tell me.

 

[Jpripper88]

Bundling just cable and internet is more expensive with Comcast and don't ask me why because I don't know. But that's what they always tell me.

That is what they tell you? They are lying to you.

 

[revampedpanthers]

I have dsl and dish network. With the DSL it cost me a extra 5 bucks to have a land line. Thats it and because of that I still have the land line. I know people on comcast have told me that it really doesn't cost anything extra for the land line.

AS for how the technology impacts sports I don't see that big of a impact in the next 10 years. There might be a small shift towards streaming but many large companies are just going to move into that area of business. Disney isn't going to just sit buy and only launch a app. They will make changes that allows them to take their product to customers. I don't know how it all will play out but I guess there will be little difference as far as the payout to conferences it might come from streaming rather than a traditional cable box but the money will still be coming 10 years from now. I do think the days of constant rising tv contracts for sports are over. I think the market will level off and probably eventually drop some but its not changing in time for the b12 or going to save the b12.