Google Fiber's broadband dreams aren't making cable TV any better

[Commentary] Google is pushing the envelope with Fiber as an Internet service, but as a cable provider, the company seems content with delivering an experience that's par for the course.

Use Google Fiber's TV interface for five minutes, and you'll immediately realize Fiber TV could be so much more. The immediate and pressing problem is a glaring lack of cohesion with Google's other products and services. Perhaps Google's doing the bare minimum to keep cable customers comfortable while ultimately counting on HBO, CBS, Sony, and others to obliterate the market as we know it 10 years down the line. Then it won't even have to worry about being cable company Google anymore. If Google sets its sights on improving the concept of what cable TV should be, we'd all be better off for it.