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Mr. Britt sounded skeptical about the concept that households would drop cable en masse for Internet alternatives, known as cord cutting.
The desperation stems from the persistent fear that subscribers will forgo paying for television service and turn to Internet alternatives instead.
"Over-the-air is the new basic cable," he said, arguing that free TV and Internet alternatives "are giving people the rationale they've been looking for to end a bad relationship".
The second is that the cost to consumers of switching to Internet alternatives like Microsoft's Bing search engine, the Expedia travel site or Yelp local listings is "zero," she said.
If the online comments from customers are any indication, the lasting effect of these fights may be public antipathy for both the programmers and the distributors — potentially a costly outcome at a time when both sides are worried about the prospect of Internet alternatives to monthly TV subscriptions.
I'm interested in plans to build federated versions of the internet, including "darknets" like Freenet, Cryptosphere or wireless internet alternatives like Project Meshnet and the many many other project like it.
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Soon, though, there may be an Internet alternative — something that was heresy until recently.
Competitors, including an independent foreign exchange trading rival, Currenex, have said that the actions of the big firms have limited the development of the Internet alternative to trading.
To Amazon's surprise, all four of the big record labels quickly signed on, in part to create a strong Internet alternative to iTunes and counter the influence of Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, in the music business.
"What remains is for their promises and polices to be refined and codified as conditions to approving the deal," said William Reddersen, executive vice president of BellSouth, which offers its own high-speed Internet alternative over telephone lines.
Just sadly not yet a fully-fledged Internet alternative.
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