Re: ...expose customer data
"Is anyone offering alternative Cable TV virtual-equivalent (500+ live TV channels) over the 'net?"
It's not 500 channels, but we have Playstation Vue. ESPN, Fox Sports, NBCSN, Discovery channels, Disney channels, NBC channels, SyFy, FX, and a bunch of other ones. It works with Amazon Fire TV and Roku - you don't need a Playstation.
I don't need 500 channels, and it provides me with 95% of the channels I'd ever care to watch.