| reply to draven
Re: What does the merger have to do with this? said by draven:
Don't you think the lack of choice could perhaps be influenced, if not now, then in the future, by the fact that Comcast is slowly extending its tentacles across the entire US? It's the same reason why mom-and-pop stores don't open up next door to the Big K-Mart..... competing is a just plain losing cause.
There has always been a lack of choice ever since cable first started. Whether it's MomAndPopCableCo or Comcast, it doesn't matter since they are my only choice. Your analogy isn't quite valid since MomAndPopCableCo would be guaranteed customers since a local government has guaranteed them a franchise. It wouldn't matter if Comcast was right next to them since people can't choose like they would with a mom and pop store vs. K-mart.
Lack of choice is a severe problem, but the problem didn't become worse just because Comcast enlarged. (The only way it could be a problem would be if Comcast bought out Verizon in my area or vice versa.) Lack of choice is a problem due to the monopoly nature of how phone and cable service is currently done. |
