Tackling Cordcutting

To this ol' Schmoid, one of the essential tasks in the modern, Smart, home is to cut the cord.  Finding alternative ways to watch/listen/consume content other than the traditional cable/satellite company and, thereby, reducing your bills and time watching advertising is smart.  It just is.

Streaming Downs

Of course there are challenges.  Football in the US right now being a big one.  There are contracts between the league and the networks.  There are black out dates.  There are advertising revenues and player endorsements and usage rights and 'express written consent'.  Somewhere in there are the fans, but they don't matter as long as they watch and buy.

Given the start of the NFL season and the recent attempts by Tom Wheeler (hallowed be thy name) to change how the cable box works, it seems time to revisit this topic since I last touched on it in June, 2016.  Follow along, intrepid explorers, and lets see where my typing fingers take us.