Bill Gates has an excellent track record forecasting computer-related technology. (Not perfect, mind you: we're still waiting for that cure for spam, Bill.) So I think it's worth listening to his prediction that in five years, TV will have moved significantly to the Net.

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[pj]

Yes, there's little doubt about that. Also telephone service. That's the reason behind the push for net neutrality -- big Internet companies hope to enlist regulators' help in seizing cable TV and telephone provider revenues while limiting the "last-mile" providers to ISP revenues from households.

[kyle8]

Well, yes it already has, I could get Hughes net with my Direct TV and my updated dvr system, and slingbox and basically make my computer an adjunct of my TV.

Of course, I don't because there is no need for it.