Comcast to acquire Time Warner

['Hamas' Jenkins]

This should not be allowed to happen.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

This should not be allowed to happen.

I kinda doubt it will.

[Pants]

No worries, Skynet will deliver us from evil in ten to fifteen years.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Silock

I kinda doubt it will.

The FCC has let media conglomeration continue almost non-stop for the last 30 years. Post Bell breakup, there isn't a lot of evidence to suggest it won't happen, and stockholders love owning monopolies.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

The FCC has let media conglomeration continue almost non-stop for the last 30 years. Post Bell breakup, there isn't a lot of evidence to suggest it won't happen, and stockholders love owning monopolies.

Yeah, about that - don't we have anti-monopoly laws in this country?

And the hell with this idea. Time Warner sucks, and I haven't heard much good of Comcast, either. I wish Google Fiber would put a little hop-to in getting to my neck of the woods.

[Papi]

Originally Posted by Bowser

I wish Google Fiber would put a little hop-to in getting to my neck of the woods.

This

[Miles]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Yeah, about that - don't we have anti-monopoly laws in this country?

The deal has to go through the Justice Department for antitrust as part of regulatory approval. Trying to recall a merger that was a little higher profile killed by them in recent years but can't seem to think of it.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Yeah, about that - don't we have anti-monopoly laws in this country?

And the hell with this idea. Time Warner sucks, and I haven't heard much good of Comcast, either. I wish Google Fiber would put a little hop-to in getting to my neck of the woods.

We have antitrust laws, but ATT was able to flout them for the better part of 75 years, and given the current regulatory environment, there's little to suggest that things won't become even more consolidated than in the past.

If you didn't own a Bell telephone you used to have to pay a monthly lease fee and a rewiring charge to get it to work with the system. And given that most telecoms are largely natural monopolies due to wiring, if they become actual monopolies due to competition you can kiss the days of fast, uncapped internet and non-preferential site loading goodbye.

Example: I'm Comcast and I own NBC. A subscriber wants to stream a show on ABC's website. For some odd ****ing reason, that show loads at a fraction of the speed of the peacock's website. Wonder why.

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

We have antitrust laws, but ATT was able to flout them for the better part of 75 years, and given the current regulatory environment, there's little to suggest that things won't become even more consolidated than in the past.

If you didn't own a Bell telephone you used to have to pay a monthly lease fee and a rewiring charge to get it to work with the system. And given that most telecoms are largely natural monopolies due to wiring, if they become actual monopolies due to competition you can kiss the days of fast, uncapped internet and non-preferential site loading goodbye.

Example: I'm Comcast and I own NBC. A subscriber wants to stream a show on ABC's website. For some odd ****ing reason, that show loads at a fraction of the speed of the peacock's website. Wonder why.

Have to ask. Why the **** is Muhhamed Hassan your avatar?

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

Have to ask. Why the **** is Muhhamed Hassan your avatar?

Check this out

[Skyy God]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

We have antitrust laws, but ATT was able to flout them for the better part of 75 years, and given the current regulatory environment, there's little to suggest that things won't become even more consolidated than in the past.

If you didn't own a Bell telephone you used to have to pay a monthly lease fee and a rewiring charge to get it to work with the system. And given that most telecoms are largely natural monopolies due to wiring, if they become actual monopolies due to competition you can kiss the days of fast, uncapped internet and non-preferential site loading goodbye.

Example: I'm Comcast and I own NBC. A subscriber wants to stream a show on ABC's website. For some odd ****ing reason, that show loads at a fraction of the speed of the peacock's website. Wonder why.

This and other monopoly abuses are discussed in this Fresh Air piece. In addition to reclassifying cable providers as common carriers, I like her suggestion of following the Stockholm model (using bonds to fund a fiber network and then charging multiple competing providers for access).

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechcons...ing-way-behind

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

This should not be allowed to happen.

exactly...this is nuts. GE shouldn't own all this shit.