Cut the Cable

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the co-founders of Apple, Inc, are responsible for our current communication condition. They had the vision and talent to redirect how we interact, how we relate.

A hundred and forty years ago, Bell started it with voice transmission. Countless improvements preceded Apple and ‘blue boxes’. Those stories are legion.

In September 2017 will be the Tenth Anniversary of the introduction of the SmartPhone, Apple’s iPhone. A device that began as a communication phone is now used for talk, games, video, TV and geo-location.

So much has this iPhone and its competitors evolved that it has changed life patterns for many people. The cell phone has become so important that the home phones are in decline.

The cell phone gives access to the Internet. That access gives the user connection to people, entertainment, directions, information and more.

The cell phone cut the home phone cable connection. It now threatens the TV broadcast and cable industries.

They will not go away, they will only see their business model morph to earn from the SmartPhones.