G+_Russ White Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Originally shared by John Blossom This is what stopping the merger all about. Democracy doesn't work right when so few have so much power. #stopcomcast https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-comcasttimewarner-cable-merger-and-require-more-competition-cable-industry/ym52vbd4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Luis Mendez Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Can you name one market where both time Warner and Comcast exist to complete against each other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Lee Stoneman Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Isn't that the problem? They refuse to compete and as a result the consumer gets screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Austin Ouellette Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Please sign the petition everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Austin Ouellette Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Stew McCall just checked and your signer 7115 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joshua “Wizdum” Burgess Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 And this is why i'm starting my own ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_derek ha Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 just cut the cable. use the isp you can, even if it is comcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jack Zhang Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 This is the same thing that's going on with Bell-Astral Media in Canada. The CRTC did intervene to stop the acquisition in that fight since it would mean Bell would own too much of Canadian media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Joe Barker Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 derek ha That would be OK, but they own the pipes, and since Net Neutrality was just undone, they could (eventually) throttle the traffic that you would be accessing (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc.) If permitted, Comcast would then own more than half of the internet pipes in the U.S. If you aren't afraid of that, keep pondering until you are. Antitrust, anyone? Bell Breakup ring a bell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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