A recent study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today actually fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be "cord-cutters".

最近一项研究发现，过去两年中，装有家用高速网络的美国人数量实际上有所下降，有15%的人认为自己是“掐线者”。

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Pat McDonough, the senior vice President for planning, policy and analysis at Nielsen, said the ESPN study confirmed that while there are some cord-cutters, "it's a really small number of people."

尼尔森公司负责计划、政策和分析的高级副总裁帕特·麦克·诺多说espn的调查确认了一个情况，尽管目前有一些掐线的用户，但是数量十分之小。

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But Clancy - who has no relation to the thriller writer - is also an example of the hurdles cord cutters face.

但是克兰西，不是那位惊悚小说作家，也是一个掐线的例子。

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This detente with TV powers is something of a switch from a couple of years ago, when Roku was touting its products to cable cord-cutters.

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As a new network with no corporate parentage and no legacy restrictions, The Blaze can afford to negotiate deals that allow it to satisfy both pay-TV subscribers and cord-cutters.

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If cord-cutters were a political party, the first plank of their platform would be the right to subscribe to HBO directly over the internet without signing up for cable or satellite TV service.

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