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Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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 ·Comcast
|  FCC destined to lose this one in court
Given the FCC's telco rulings, their attempts to prevent cable from merging will probably be shot down by the exact same court that shot the FCC down before.
Of course, a new Congress and President(if a Dem wins) may just change laws concerning regulating both telcos and cable companies. Only time will tell.
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kalphearion
In nomine Patri
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join:2003-11-08
Denver, CO
clubs: | They would be stupid
to not sue |
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NewMariner
join:2005-06-24 | AT&T didnt Compete
At&t didnt compete with Bellsouth. Thats why the merger went through. It didnt reduce the number of companies providing service. Comcast wants to buy out the competition. Thus, reducing the number of providers... |
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Paulg
Displaced Yooper
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join:2004-03-15
Neenah, WI
clubs: | Comcast is doing exactly the same thing as AT&T, expanding their footprint. |
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UofMiamiGrad
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join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY
| Comcast hates competition!
Do any of the bells offer TV service to 30% of the US market? I doubt it, excluding bundled satellite service. FIOS TV only passed the 1 million mark recently. U-Verse TV is nowhere near that, only 231,000 subs. So why is Comcast crying foul over the Bells? Afraid of competition? How do they control more than 30% of the market solely as a pay TV provider, which is the issue? I hope Comcast loses in court.  |
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33591094
join:2002-11-19
Canada
| Hey
If they have money burning holes in their pockets to buy more telecom shit, why don't they take some of that coin and upgrade their network?
Then they wouldn't have to throttle their users unmercifully... Fat chance of that ever happening, though, when they can slime their way out.... |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to NewMariner
Re: AT&T didnt Compete
said by NewMariner  :At&t didnt compete with Bellsouth. Thats why the merger went through. It didnt reduce the number of companies providing service. Comcast wants to buy out the competition. Thus, reducing the number of providers... And Comcast doesn't compete with TW, Charter or Cox. Hardly anyone lives in an area where there are 2 cable companies. Comcast competes with DirectTV which is allowed to have more than 30% of the TV market. If DirectTv had 50 million subscribrs would the FCC be stepping in and preventing that? No. If at&t or verizon had 50 million Tv subscrinbers would the FCC be trying to stop that? No. So exactly what is the difference? |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to NewMariner
Comcast doesn't compete with TWC, Cablevision, Charter, etc. Comcast merging with or acquiring additional pay TV providers is absolutely no different than AT&T purchasing Bellsouth. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to 33591094
Re: Hey
said by 33591094 :If they have money burning holes in their pockets to buy more telecom shit, why don't they take some of that coin and upgrade their network? Did you miss yesterday's front page discussion about Comcast upgrading parts of their backbone to 100 Gbps? |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to UofMiamiGrad
Re: Comcast hates competition!
said by UofMiamiGrad :Do any of the bells offer TV service to 30% of the US market? I doubt it, excluding bundled satellite service. FIOS TV only passed the 1 million mark recently. U-Verse TV is nowhere near that, only 231,000 subs. So why is Comcast crying foul over the Bells? Afraid of competition? How do they control more than 30% of the market solely as a pay TV provider, which is the issue? I hope Comcast loses in court. Do they( the bells ) have 30% of the market or more? No. CAN they? Yes. which is the issue. So can DirectTv. They have 17 million subscribers and are adding at least 1 million a year. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to openbox9
Re: Hey
said by openbox9 :said by 33591094 :If they have money burning holes in their pockets to buy more telecom shit, why don't they take some of that coin and upgrade their network? Did you miss yesterday's front page discussion about Comcast upgrading parts of their backbone to 100 Gbps? he loves at&t's 6 Mbps/512 package. |
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UofMiamiGrad
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join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY
| reply to BF69
Re: Comcast hates competition!
said by BF69 :Do they( the bells ) have 30% of the market or more? No. CAN they? Yes. which is the issue. So can DirectTv. They have 17 million subscribers and are adding at least 1 million a year. And when they pass that 30% mark, you can bet the FCC will tell them to sell assets (areas) to get below 30%. If they don't then and only then does Comcast and other MSOs have a case that the FCC rule is flawed. Until such time, Comcast can enjoy the new competition, since they seem to love it so much already. |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | reply to BF69
Re: Hey
at&t in Canada?! |
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jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to UofMiamiGrad
Re: Comcast hates competition!
You bet on it -- I'll take your action and win your money. The anti-cable FCC doesn't believe in level playing fields. |
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OMGWEAGREE
@tds.net | reply to openbox9
Re: AT&T didnt Compete
I agree. I hate Comcast, but this is no different than AT&T |
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gaforces
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
join:2002-04-07
Santa Cruz, CA
| reply to UofMiamiGrad
Re: Comcast hates competition!
said by UofMiamiGrad :Do any of the bells offer TV service to 30% of the US market? I doubt it, excluding bundled satellite service. FIOS TV only passed the 1 million mark recently. U-Verse TV is nowhere near that, only 231,000 subs. So why is Comcast crying foul over the Bells? Afraid of competition? How do they control more than 30% of the market solely as a pay TV provider, which is the issue? I hope Comcast loses in court. They should apply the 30% rule to all information services. Then it would be fair. Clearchannel anyone? 
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX | Silly rule
The 30% rule doesn't help competition at all. If you are going to have legislation, do something that will ensure competition in key geographic areas, such as mandating at least two cable-type carriers in cities with over 250,000 people. |
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sharksfan3
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join:2004-02-16
Poughkeepsie, NY
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·Optimum Online
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| said by DMS1 :such as mandating at least two cable-type carriers in cities with over 250,000 people. I'm not sure how that will work over one pipe. Given the space crunch that cableco's are experiencing all by their loansome with HD channels. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| reply to jester121
Re: Comcast hates competition!
Comcrap has a lot of nerve suing anybody about caps. How about identifying ones imposed onto customers!
Funny, maybe Comcrap should look at the irony here.
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to gaforces
Clear Channel owns far less than 30% of all US radio stations. More like 13% at their peak and considerably less today. You might want to refine your arguments to reflect the reality of the numbers.
The CATV 30% cap is mostly related to video programming delivery and not the Internets. If Comcast operated as a common carrier this would not be an issue, but they do things that are anti-competitive within their own systems and are justifiably spanked for it.
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