Zoder
join:2002-04-16
Miami, FL
| reply to Combat Chuck
Re: Watchdogs: Cable gouges broadband users
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I just hope to God that you people who really want this to land in a court realize what you are doing and the precident it could set should it land in a courtroom; the implications could quite possibly extend far, far beyond Comcast (everything from discounted airline tickets to toothpaste coupons to mcdonalds value meals to preferred credit card rates could be affected).
Based on the article it looks like they are questioning whether Comcast has a monopoly and if so, are abusing their monopoly power to extort customers who don't subscribe to their television service. Since antitrust law only applies to monopolies I doubt any decision against Comcast, if they are proven to be a monopoly, would have an effect on the other industries you mentioned. |
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rjean99
join:2003-03-30
South Bend, IN
| Well, as far as *I* am concerned they are a monopoly because I have no other reasonable "consumer" oriented broadband options in my area. I'm too far from a CO to get DSL. I have satellite TV. Not only have they raised my price to punish me for not being a cable TV subscriber, their service has been getting worse lately - they advertise "great for online gaming" and yet when I sit down to play my favorite games, I'm getting pings as high as 1000ms!!!! I have tried to resolve the problem through normal channels, but it's not getting me anywhere. I'm starting to get furious. Not a monopoly!?!? Ha!!!
I too got here from @Home->AT&T
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