Your argument implies that when you pay ~$50 for an internet connection, you also get access to all the streaming content ("aka cable TV") from the Cable company.
This is not the case. Getting access to the content will cost you an additional 70-100 per month, depending on the content package. That's significantly more than Netflix wants to charge, and the delta is a huge part of Netflix's appeal.
Your "toll booth on a road they don't own" comment sounds alot like Ed Whitacre's "my pipes" argument, and could be applied equally accurately to any non-free service that operates on the internet ("road they don't own.")
This is not the case. Getting access to the content will cost you an additional 70-100 per month, depending on the content package. That's significantly more than Netflix wants to charge, and the delta is a huge part of Netflix's appeal.
Your "toll booth on a road they don't own" comment sounds alot like Ed Whitacre's "my pipes" argument, and could be applied equally accurately to any non-free service that operates on the internet ("road they don't own.")