Internet access doesn't depend on cable anymore either. Mobile access has many more advantages and improvements in technologies will certainly catch up to hard wired speeds. At the very least the bottom line will see drastic changes for cable companies and you're right, they will re invent themselves. You better believe they will try to profit from any new advancements, any they can't profit from they'll squash first chance.
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