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What a Comcast-Time Warner Deal Could Mean for You
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What a Comcast-Time Warner Deal Could Mean for You
By Doug Gross
CNN
updated 5:22 PM EST, Thursday February 13, 2014
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/13/tech/web/
comcast-time-warner-consumer-impact/
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/lahem8g
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(CNN) -- When the biggest cable company in the United States buys the
second-biggest cable company in the United States, what does that mean for
you?
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If you're afraid the answer might be a higher cable bill, you're not
alone.
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"Americans already hate dealing with the cable guy -- and both these giant
companies regularly rank among the worst of the worst in consumer
surveys," said Craig Aaron, president and CEO of Free Press, a group that
advocates for diversity in media ownership. "But this deal would be the
cable guy on steroids -- pumped up, unstoppable and grasping for your
wallet."
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On Thursday, Comcast announced it had agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for
$45 billion. If approved by the federal government, and that's no sure
thing, the two would become a massive cable giant, serving one out of
every three homes in the United States.
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(Time Warner Cable was spun off from Time Warner in 2009 and no longer has
any connection to the owner of CNN, HBO and Warner Bros.)
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Obviously, it's way too early to know whether the dire predictions of
folks such as Aaron will come true.
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But the announcement has raised a lot of questions along those lines for
subscribers of both companies, as well as others curious how the emergence
of such a cable giant would impact them.
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So here's an effort to address some of those questions as best we can:
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When could this happen?
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Comcast says that if the merger is approved by federal regulators, they
would become one with Time Warner Cable by the end of this year.
Subscribers to the two companies shouldn't see any changes before then.
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If it's any guide, Comcast's acquistion of NBC Universal was slowed down
by the regulatory review process and took 13 months before it was
completed in 2011.
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Topics Discussed in This Article:
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Would my bill go up?
How about service quality?
Would my cable offerings change?
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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