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Re:Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Wor... by gorner on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @10:50PM (#7229253)
Bigger scale, lower combined costs, more negotiating clout with TV channel operators, etc.
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Re:Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Wor... by ritchiea on Thursday February 13, 2014 @08:43AM (#7231268)
So monopoly
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Re:Comcast Acquiring Time Warner Cable In All Stock Deal Wor... by gorner on Thursday February 13, 2014 @08:50AM (#7231304)
Well, they're still competing with your local telco (AT&T / Verizon), DirecTV, Dish Network, and Google Fiber and/or others in some areas. (Though granted some of those are TV-only, not Internet.)

Not really much different than how Comcast and TWC are individually competing right now (as their service areas don't overlap). Though I'm not suggesting either one is a shining paragon of customer service or fair pricing (I don't have any first-hand experience to speak of there; I'm in Canada).

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