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The thing is, Comcast is television plus internet plus phone. I would be OK with this except that they use a technique called bundling to block market access. If they had a national price plan, that would be one thing, but they sell internet access and throw in television in some markets while selling television and throwing in internet access in others. When Aereo offered content to ISPs, Comcast went to Congress and the Courts with wallet wide open.
When I installed my antenna, I intended to continue to use Comcast as my ISP, "You may as well get basic cable -- it's only a few dollars more a month." A phone call later I had a new ISP -- twice the bandwidth at half the price with the rate guaranteed for life. Since that company is in business five years later, how can anyone believe Comcast is not using their monopoly power to gouge the consumer?
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