Comments on: TW wants to have cake, eat it too http://mathewingram.com/media/2008/01/21/tw-wants-to-have-cake-eat-it-too/ ...watching the intersection of the Web and media Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:33:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Andy http://mathewingram.com/media/2008/01/21/tw-wants-to-have-cake-eat-it-too/#comment-12475 Andy Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:32:00 +0000 http://mathewingram.com/media/2008/01/21/tw-wants-to-have-cake-eat-it-too/#comment-12475 It's also a great indication of just how much some of the big TV set ups don't get the web. They have just hung around until the bandwidth was near TV and now have just plugged the output in to the back of a computer rather than the transmitter. It's shovelware for TV. Perhaps it would be too cynical to suggest that Time warner might turn the meter off if you watch their channels but start the clock running again if you load a torrent site up. It’s also a great indication of just how much some of the big TV set ups don’t get the web. They have just hung around until the bandwidth was near TV and now have just plugged the output in to the back of a computer rather than the transmitter.

It’s shovelware for TV.

Perhaps it would be too cynical to suggest that Time warner might turn the meter off if you watch their channels but start the clock running again if you load a torrent site up.

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