Grounded Reason Podcast - Cord Cutting and Internet Issues

In this episode Dennis and Joel cover what 5G Internet is and isn't, and discuss if it will be the tech that saves the Internet. They also talk about a new offering from Sling TV and the latest in the Amazon vs. Google feud. Show Links - Google is pulling You-tube from fire TV on January 1 2018 - https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/5/16738752/google-youtube-amazon-punishing-customers-feud Sling TV allows You to subscribe to other Services - https://www.groundedreason.com/sling-adds-on-demand-channels/ A primer on 5G - https://spectrum.ieee.org/video/telecom/wireless/everything-you-need-to-know-about-5g Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Dennis and Joel discuss the fate of Net Neutrality in the United States. Check out the article Net Neutrality Explained for more information. https://www.groundedreason.com/net-neutrality-need-know/ Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Today we’re going to discuss heavy subscriber losses in the pay TV industry. We’re also going to talk about why a move by everyones favorite FCC Comish, Ajit Pai, is likely to raise cable TV bills. Then finally we’re going to cover a brand new TV streaming service that’s all about non-sports pay TV channels. Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Trump's FCC head Ajit Pai is at it again. This time he was corporations to be able to buy up local news channels and not even require them to have a local newsroom. We discuss this absolute insanity on the show today. We also discuss ISPs attempt to stop your state from protecting Net Neutrality. The FCC rules under attack - https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fccs-review-broadcast-ownership-rules Another attack on Net Neutrality - http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-net-neutrality-20171106-story.html Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Dennis and Joel geek out over the horror movies you can stream for Halloween this year. Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Dennis and Joel cover how to watch the 2017/18 NBA season without having a pay TV Subscription. They also share some special announcements on The Season 8 premiere of "The Walking Dead" and the new Movies Anywhere app. NBA Without Cable - https://www.groundedreason.com/watch-nba-online-without-cable/ Walking Dead Without Cable - https://www.groundedreason.com/watch-walking-dead-without-cable/ Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Dennis and Joel talk a bit about what LA Podfest was like. They then discuss a great new service that will show all the movies you have purchased in a single app regardless of where you bought them online. Also on the docket: Pay-TV subscriber Losses, Google WiFi, and Ajit Pai's recent troubles. Movies anywhere - https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/12/16462824/movies-anywhere-digital-movie-locker-disney-warner-bros-universal-twentieth-century-fox-sony ATT losing video subs - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cord-cutting-rears-ugly-head-as-at-t-discloses-falling-video-subs-1047949 Comcast Unappealing pitch to cord cutters - https://www.techhive.com/article/3232444/streaming-services/comcasts-unappealing-pitch-to-cord-cutters.html Cool Take on Cord Cutting - http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/technology/sd-fi-cordcutting-channels-20171007-story.html Google WiFi - https://store.google.com/product/google_wifi FCC under investigation - http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/355174-watchdog-to-probe-fcc-cyberattack Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Joel and Dennis discuss how to watch the NHL when you don't have a cable TV subscription. They also cover the new Roku devices that are hitting the shelves on October 8th. The show closes with a bit of information on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

In today's episode Dennis and Joel discuss how CBS has angered legions of Trekkies by complicating how one can watch Star Trek Discovery. Of course the media uses this to push a dystopian TV future - http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/tv/news/a28344/cbs-all-access-bad/ (CBS ALL ACCESS BAD) Traditional pay TV companies are waking up to what customers want . . . sort of. Here is what Verizon is doing - https://www.groundedreason.com/switched-verizon-fios-internet-access/ Comcast jumps into streaming - http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/comcast-xfinity-instant-tv-launches-1202573808/ Amazon released a New Fire TV https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16375134/new-amazon-fire-tv-announced-4k-hdr-price-date-2017 FuboTV Picked up MSG Networks so that’s good for New York and the NHL this season -http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/09/26/1132828/0/en/fuboTV-to-Launch-MSG-Networks.html Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

We’re back after a break. Joel and Dennis cover the number of broadcast networks jumping on the streaming bandwagon, They also discuss how streaming services kicked cable TV’s butt at the Emmys this year. Articles Discussed in this episode DirecTV Now – https://www.groundedreason.com/direct-now-cable-tv-over-internet/ YouTube TV - https://www.groundedreason.com/?s=youtube+tv Hulu TV - https://www.groundedreason.com/tv-shows-hulu-worth-cost/ NFL without Cable - https://www.groundedreason.com/how-to-watch-nfl-football-online/ Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

With football season quickly approaching Dennis explains how you can watch both NFL and College football without a Pay TV subscription. Watching the NFL without cable TV in 2017: https://www.groundedreason.com/how-to-watch-nfl-football-online/ What about NCAA College Football: https://www.groundedreason.com/college-football-online/ All about TV Antennas: https://www.groundedreason.com/watch-tv-free-antenna-guide/ Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

This episode we discuss everybody losing their heads on Disney’s announcement about their new streaming services. We also discuss some Ajit Pai shadiness at the FCC as it pertains to broadband standards. We also conflicted over Nazis being more popular than the FCC’s plan on repealing Net Neutrality. We live in the upside down. (2:10) Ajit Pai is trying to lower broadband standards: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170809/15282637966/fcc-begins-weakening-definition-quality-broadband-deployment-to-aid-lazy-uncompetitive-isps.shtml (9:50) Net Neutrality Update (18:17) Net Neutrality vs Nazis (23:45) Everyone is loosing their mind over Disney’s Cord Cutting move Sources: Tech Crunch : https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/11/dont-ruin-streaming-by-turning-it-into-cable/ NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/technology/the-messy-confusing-future-of-tv-its-here.html WaPo Article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/freedom-from-cable-isnt-free-flood-of-streaming-services-will-make-cutting-the-cord-more-complicated/2017/08/11/01f9ade0-7d1f-11e7-a669-b400c5c7e1cc_story.html Most Watched Shows: http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/most-watched-tv-show-2016-2017-season-the-walking-dead-this-is-us-football-1201832878/ Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

With pay TV networks losing subscribers hand over fist, Networks are turning toward over the top streaming. Today we discuss what Disney, ESPN, CBS, and other networks are planning for cord cutters over the next year. (00:53) Pay TV lost 1 million in q2 this year http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Another-Million-Consumers-Cut-the-TV-Cord-Last-Quarter-140097 (4:45) Disney\ESPN is putting out a couple streaming services Press Release: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-majority-ownership-bamtech/ (17:30) Here begins a Marvel Cinematic Universe tangent because we are big nerds. We also discuss the possible effects on Marvel TV shows on Netflix and ABC. (27:00) CBS is putting a lot of energy into over the top streaming. (34:00) You can stream the Mayweather vs. McGregor Fight and CBS is putting out a sports based streaming service as well (43:30) Will there be a Discover/HGTV streaming network? https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/cord-cutting-pressures-lead-to-discovery-communications-acquisition-of-scripps-networks-for-14-6b/ (49:50) While there are many networks making the right moves to be relevant in the modern age, there are a couple companies still making the same mistakes. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/08/04/business/04reuters-viacom-stocks.html Please Subscribe to The Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show on iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Dennis and Joel discuss the state of internet access in rural America, and why it hurts all Americans. They also discuss how so few companies came to control how we access the Internet. They also discuss what we can do to change it. (1:20) The worst Broadband in America FiveThirtyEight.com Article that inspired this segment: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-worst-internet-in-america/ (20:46) Internet Access In America: How did we get here? (40:20) Why the state of Internet Access in America is a problem and ways to fix it. Other Sources: Wireless Speeds in America compared to other countries: Wireless isn’t there yet - https://www.recode.net/2017/6/7/15747486/united-states-developed-world-mobile-internet-speeds-akamai Per Study on Digital Divide : http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/07/14/digital-divides-2016/ Please Subscribe to The Show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show in iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Today we’ve got Nielsen numbers to go over to see how many people are cutting the cord. We talk about the cable TV industry swearing it’s now competitive, and we have a whole bunch of news on the FCC, most notably how they’re getting sued. We also discuss Ajit Pai playing a game of hide the data that just got FOIA requested. (4:58) We cover the new Nielsen numbers and find out how many people are cutting the cord and dropping Pay TV Link to Nielsen Total Audience Report : http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2017-reports/total-audience-report-q1-2017.pdf (21:20) A little trick to get quick support from your ISP (25:28) The NCTA seems to think there is plenty of Broadband competition in the U.S. - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/07/cable-lobby-claims-us-is-totally-overflowing-in-broadband-competition/ (33:38) Did the FCC fail to document the cyber attack they claim occurred? - https://gizmodo.com/fcc-now-says-there-is-no-documented-analysis-of-the-cyb-1797073113 (44:13) The FCC got sued last week. - https://gizmodo.com/fcc-sued-over-failure-to-comply-with-transparency-law-a-1797264463 (52:00) FCC Chairman Ajit Pai seemed to forget why Net Neutrality happened in the first place. - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/congressman-blasts-ajit-pai-for-anti-consumer-anti-competition-agenda/ (1:02:00) There is a lot of broadband investment in 2017 - Comcast Earnings - http://www.cmcsa.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1034647 AT&T Earnings - https://investors.att.com/~/media/Files/A/ATT-IR/financial-reports/quarterly-earnings/2017/2q-2017/IB_2Q17.pdf Please Subscribe to The Show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show in iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

In today's show, we discuss the White Houses hedge regarding Net Neutrality. We also discuss what polls look like on the issue of Net Neutrality. Finally, we discuss the terrible arguments and outright propaganda you may have heard when it comes to open the internet. We kick off the show with a bit of a recap of last week's health care analogy and how we seemed to have kicked off a chain reaction in Washington. . . maybe. 22:20 The White House states it’s position on Net Neutrality 39:20 Public Polling on Net Neutrality 46:30 Propaganda and bad arguments against net neutrality http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/19/net-neutrality-nothing-corporate-power-grab/ Please Subscribe to The Show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show in iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Be warned. This episode is our most political episode to date. We discuss the tactics being employed by anti-Net Neutrality forces, how they are taking this tactic from politicians lead, and how it's destroying our system of government. (2:20) Net Neutrality Day explained What companies are doing - https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/12/15958030/net-neutrality-day-of-action-internet-companies-list (7:10) The Big ISP attempt to Co-Op Net Neutrality by flat out lying. AT&T - https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/11/15953912/att-fcc-net-neutrality-rules-protest Comcast - http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/on-the-internet-day-of-action-comcast-supports-net-neutrality Link to History of Net Neutrality - https://www.groundedreason.com/net-neutrality-need-know/ (12:50) How the Media enables this behavior and how to see through truth the lies of companies and politicians. (23:00) How Big ISPs seem to be stealing their tactics from Politicians in Washington. We compare ISP tactics on Net Neutrality to the GOP’s current tactic on Healthcare to give real world example on using the Internet to find the truth behind a story. We do cover some aspects of the Healthcare bill to give you an idea of the lies and falsehoods that are surrounding this issue. Links for this section CBO report on healthcare bill - https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/115th-congress-2017-2018/costestimate/52849-hr1628senate.pdf Medicaid Satisfaction - http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2016/may/aca-tracking-survey-access-to-care-and-satisfaction Gallup poll on healthcare - http://www.gallup.com/poll/186527/americans-government-health-plans-satisfied.aspx (44:00) How equating actual news organization with conspiracy websites plays into the hand of those distorting the facts. (48:00) How the purpose of the Healthcare bill is a lie, to begin with. We discuss how mindful opposition in calling out lies will negate their tactics. (55:00) They even lie about the documented history of how past healthcare legislation occurred. http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/28/politics/supreme-court-health-timeline/. We point out the parallels between the games in Washington and the games Anti-Net Neutrality forces are playing. We close on how propaganda tactics have infected our system of government and how dire the situation is and has an effect on all policy-making, tech and otherwise. Support Net Neutrality by commenting at this link - https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108)) Please Subscribe to The Show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show in iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

We've updated the way we do the show notes to make things a bit easier to find in each episode. Below you will find the topics discussed in this episode along with a timestamp of when we start discussing it. We hope you listen to the entire episode, but we understand that not everyone has the time to do so. (1:36) Playstation Vue surprises customers with a big price hike. We also cover the current subscriber numbers for the top Pay TV and streaming services. Top pay TV services https://www.ncta.com/industry-data Sling TV hit 2 million subs - http://www.fiercecable.com/cable/sling-tv-has-more-than-2m-subs-comscore-says (16:36) A Pay TV company moves to streaming with MobiTV, and it opens up a world of possibilities for TV over the Internet. CSPIRE - https://www.cspire.com (29:10) Disney is in trouble when it comes to their TV business. Disney In decline - http://www.investopedia.com/news/disney-declining-cable-ratings-raise-concerns/ (43:50) Cord cutting and it’s effect on our kids. (49:50) Hulu is driving the cord cutters - https://consumerist.com/2017/06/23/why-does-hulu-drive-more-cord-cutting-than-netflix-or-amazon-prime/ (53:30) What we’re watching (GLOW, Catastrophe, The Handmaid’s Tale, Orange is the New Black.) Support Net Neutrality by commenting at this link - https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108)) Please Subscribe to The Show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show in iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

Today, Dennis interviews Charlie Nooney. He’s a been an executive at Walt Disney Company and technicolor. Presently, the CEO of a company called MobiTV. And they have a technology platform that may help the Pay TV industry innovate in a way that may actually give customers what they want. Links for today's show: MobiTV - https://www.mobitv.com OTT Streaming is eating PayTV's Lunch - http://www.businessinsider.com/streaming-tv-packages-are-cannibalizing-traditional-tv-according-to-ubs-2017-6 PayTV Breaks Cable Box Promise - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/big-cable-broke-promise-youre-paying-191135140.html Support Net Neutrality by commenting at this link - https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108)) Please Subscribe to The Show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show in iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com

This episode covers current and developing technologies that have impacted the job market. It's only just beginning. Links for Todays Show AI Benefits to Healthcare Industry - https://phys.org/news/2017-06-artificial-intelligence-health-revolution.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-work_us_5942f125e4b0d188d027fcdf Globalization and automation – Truck driving has been immune until now - http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-most-common-job-in-every-state AI and the Future of Work - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-work_us_5942f125e4b0d188d027fcdf When will robots take out jobs - http://www.businessinsider.com/when-robots-will-take-peoples-jobs-2017-6 Support Net Neutrality by commenting at this link - https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108)) Please Subscribe to The Show in iTunes, Stitcher, or your Podcast App. Be sure to visit https://www.groundedreason.com for more tech tips and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite player using the links below. Subscribe Free on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast/id1140661229?ls=1&mt=2 Subscribe Free on Android - http://subscribeonandroid.com/groundedreason.libsyn.com/rss Subscribe Free on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/grounded-reason-podcast Subscribe Free on Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Ijyw42al3inofdsxd3s44v6rxny?t%3DGrounded_Reason_Podcast Please rate and review the show in iTunes. If you want to send us questions or comments please use any of the methods below. For more information on cutting the cord visit - https://www.groundedreason.com Call and leave a question or comment for the show: (650) 825-5477 (TALK-GRP) Grounded Reason Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/GroundedReason/ Email us at podcast@groundedreason.com