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Largo Usagi
Jan 9, 2013

Don Lapre posted:

Yea, stop thinking of them as competitors. Just because you are in the same business does not mean you compete with each other.

Think of it like Verizon buying vodofone. It doesn't lower competition because they arn't in the same markets.

Its easier to just buy out a company if you had intended to compete in that area though.

In this case if Comcast wanted to expand into areas where TWC has service it would be another competitor and should yield a better market for the consumer; by buying out TWC both halves get the benefit of not having to compete and being able to arbitrarily set a price to what ever suites them, generally higher because its easier on the bottom line.

In the end the only thing that wins here is Comcast unless the FCC declares internet a utility.

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