Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B
by wildmusings on Saturday October 22, 2016 @04:01PM
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>That might be what they say, but I think it's to compete with Google.
That's not how ownership works. It's not "what they say". Either they own the company or they don't...
Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B
by heartbreak on Saturday October 22, 2016 @04:27PM
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Yeah isn't Time Warner Cable now merged with Charter to form what's now referred to simply as Spectrum?
Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B
by haalcion3 on Sunday October 23, 2016 @10:58AM
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Read my response- I wasn't disputing ownership, nor was I disputing the Time Warner.
Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B
by haalcion3 on Sunday October 23, 2016 @10:57AM
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I should have only quoted "AT&T just wants some content production companies" because the rest seems to have confused you. I wasn't disputing ownership.
Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B
by wildmusings on Sunday October 23, 2016 @11:58AM
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Please explain to me how competing with Google's broadband operation fits into all of this, then.
Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B
by googler1500 on Sunday October 23, 2016 @01:24PM
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I think what they were trying to say is that AT&T is buying up Time Warner Cable/Spectrum to own more of the broadband and cellular service markets, such that they can better compete with Google, now offering broadband and Google Fi data service over Sprint and T-Mobile's cellular networks.
Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B
by jrockway on Sunday October 23, 2016 @10:46PM
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AT&T already has a wireline ISP, U-Verse.
Google does not produce any TV channels, as far as I know.
AT&T is buying Time Warner because Comcast bought NBC/Universal. I'm pretty sure it's as simple as that.
Re:AT&T reaches deal to buy Time Warner for more than $80B
by wildmusings on Sunday October 23, 2016 @02:02PM
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AT&T is NOT buying Time Warner Cable/Spectrum.
That might be what they say, but I think it's to compete with Google. While Google may have given up on further fiber rollout after the existing ones, Google still plans to continue to expand and compete with AT&T and other broadband providers but as a wireless provider. Google Fi is just the start. When they bought up Motorola they ended making a better phone themselves (the Pixel). They're using Sprint and T-Mobile for Google Fi now, but plan to become a better wireless data provider.
Of course, it remains to be seen whether these plans will work.