A new study out today says "cord cutting" is up 44 percent over the last three years, and is becoming more prevalent.
What is it? Is it for you?
I have some facts on the subject.
I saw a story this morning that the Internet is turning 25 today!
The REAL guy who came up with the idea (sorry, Al Gore) wrote the paper on March 12, 1989, about "a proposal to make information sharing possible over computers, using nodes and links to create a web that would eventually stretch worldwide and become the modern internet."
His name? Sir Timothy Berners-Lee.
I wouldn't have thought anything like this could have even happened but I was wrong. When the FBI gets involved you know it's serious. Why is it that thousands of people might lose internet service in July? One word, HACKERS!
The problem first started when international hackers ran an advertising scam online. Its program was written to take control of infected computers around the world.
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For most of us, fast is not fast enough. With a microwave oven we can cook a meal in two minutes. Still not fast enough. Everything has to happen at the snap of a finger. Of all things, nothing is more frustrating than a slow internet connection...
It was conceived a few years back - but it never quite happened.
Groceries delivered to your home from internet orders was an intriguing idea, and for a while we thought we were close to getting it through Priceline and local retailers.
Now Walmart's going to give it a go.