Comcast: Help, help, FCC. Netflix and pals are EXTORTIONISTS Comcast has branded Netflix, Discovery and others extortionists after they opposed the ISP's proposed merger with Time Warner Cable In a dossier to US watchdog the FCC [PDF], Comcast claimed companies lobbying against its merger are hoping to force it into making concessions that benefit them. Specifically, Comcast alleges …
The only way Comcast and TWC should be allowed to merge is if they end up like BT, where the network department is detached from the retail services and other ISPs are allowed access to the network at the same rates as the retail arm.
They're overpriced and slow, and are attempting to extract as much as they can from subscribers because of their effective monopoly position. Making one bigger entity is not going to improve that.
"[E]ach of the entities making the 'ask' has all but conceded that if its individual business interests are met, then it has no concern whatsoever about the state of the industry, supposed market power going forward, or harm to consumers, competitors, or new entrants..."
As opposed to Comcast, who feel exactly the same way, just without admitting it in public, so that they can play the victim.
Their gall lies somewhere between amusing and appalling.
This proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner is completely wrong and should be denied by the FCC. They should have to stay separate and be made to cover the same areas as each other. THEN you might get some competition between the two. Verizon Fios is not even a player rurally nor is AT&T.
Wireless "broadband" is even less than useless, it's practically non-existent.
This is an untenable state of affairs in this country.
Where is Google when you need them?
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