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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDisgusting: This Is What The Comcast-Time Warner Deal Does To Cable TV
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/14/comcast-time-warner-deal_n_4789373.html
Timez Squarez
(262 posts)and use Centurylink for Internet.
No comcast in this house, ever.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)but I would lose reception every time there was rain or heavy cloudy skies, so I had to switch to cable.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Never again going with a dish.
Rex
(65,616 posts)One day that chart will be just one color.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Consumer viewers will see higher rates and many current employees will lose their jobs. It is disgusting if this is allowed to happen.
trublu992
(489 posts)I cancel cable but then they jack up my internet bill! They're pushing for that revolution everyone is talking about
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)when I dropped TV, they upped my Internet, first to $72 and then to $75.
I still feel good about not paying for cable, though.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I doubt there are any cable channels that could survive with access to only 43% of households, a lot of them in smaller markets.
Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)It was topping $170/month, what a rip. We kept the wifi box at $40/month, bought over the air antennas, a Roku box for streaming, an Ooma box for phone and a Chromecast to cast anything to the tv. We're also Amazon prime members for movies. Nobody needs cable tv anymore.
TheKentuckian
(25,035 posts)Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)We originally had cable tv, wifi and phone through our cable provider. Sent everything back except the wifi.
TheKentuckian
(25,035 posts)You think that frugal content pipeline is going to hold in this anti - net neutrality, monopoly environment?
There is no cable cut, the very same one is in use to a temporary advantage in an evolving technological landscape. They can and will adjust because they can now handle that traffic any way they prefer, including blocking it all together or too slow for functionality or requiring you to purchase the content from them to stream it or charging more for Internet alone than bundled with TV.
Holly_Hobby
(3,033 posts)When that happens, I'll cut the cord to the internet too. I'm 58 and lived without it for the first 40 years of my life, I'll go back to the old way of writing checks and buying stamps. I'm a dinosaur, my cell phone isn't smart, and I lived without a cell phone for most of my life too. It's younger people who will have a difficult time, and they're going to get screwed big time. There is nothing we can do about it except complain and reject their services.