Are cable companies conspiring to shut out Netflix, Hulu?
Justice Department Probe: So think about it a minute: Would you want to live your life as a pipe, doing nothing but moving everybody else's slush around?
No, of course, you wouldn't and the Justice Department reportedly suspects that Comcast, Time Warner and other cable companies don't like the idea either and is said to be investigating whether they have conspired to squash competition from the likes of Netflix and Hulu.
Cable and phone companies know what being a pipe is like, after all. They've been there, done that. If you'll recall, cable companies originally did nothing but capture distant television signals and transport them to the homes of subscribers who lived too far out in the boonies to pull in a decent over-the-air signal
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