company is so cash poor that it must lay off employees, yet rich enough to BUY another company?!? somethin's not right there! if anything, I think comcast should be BROKEN UP, by region.. be it east/west, north/south, maybe even content/last mile service provider. they are one of the big 3 that need some oversight at the bare minimum!
It's never in the public interest when a large distributor merges with a large content provider. It may be in the best interests of a few shareholders but it always, always, always screws the consumer!