FCC looks to deregulate cable companies further

Got to love that little thing called "competition".

Keep smacking companies like Comcast they deserve it. They have been abusing customers with extremely high prices on top of charging you for the month you havent even gotten in to. I hope more news like this comes in the future in the favor of consumers.

the only problem is comcast is buying out the lil guys left and right and then have near complete control over their rates,its still 40$ to have complete basic cable 0-o

Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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the only problem is comcast is buying out the lil guys left and right and then have near complete control over their rates,its still 40$ to have complete basic cable 0-o

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In my area its $65 - 75 for basic and standard without a box no premiums at all. Its crazy they can mark their poor services up like that but when you have the money and control its easy to do so.

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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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the only problem is comcast is buying out the lil guys left and right and then have near complete control over their rates,its still 40$ to have complete basic cable 0-o

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In my area its $65 - 75 for basic and standard without a box no premiums at all. Its crazy they can mark their poor services up like that but when you have the money and control its easy to do so.

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I am not surprised really,they changed the service here a while back so in order to get all the basic channels you need a box with tax and what not its almost 47 with the net tis almost 100 a month, really is there a need for such profftering?


At least I can understand why my rural area phone/cable co op charges me 80 a month for 200KBS DSL and phone but the big city conglomerate's do not need to charge such high rates.

I really don't understand why people don't count the dish companies as competition and for the places that have it, Fios?

Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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the only problem is comcast is buying out the lil guys left and right and then have near complete control over their rates,its still 40$ to have complete basic cable 0-o

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This is true. Adelphia use to be the main cable company in my area [Northern/Mid Virginia] and then Comcast bought them out (although I think that had something to do with Adelphia going bankrupt b/c the CEO & embezzlement). But I believe at the time Adelphia was the 5th largest cable provider. Service went down hill as soon as Comcast came in so as soon as Fios was availble in my area I switched over and I couldn't be happier with the service that Verizon provides.

it's a joke anytime a new law comes around the consumer ends up paying more

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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:

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the only problem is comcast is buying out the lil guys left and right and then have near complete control over their rates,its still 40$ to have complete basic cable 0-o

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This is true. Adelphia use to be the main cable company in my area [Northern/Mid Virginia] and then Comcast bought them out (although I think that had something to do with Adelphia going bankrupt b/c the CEO & embezzlement). But I believe at the time Adelphia was the 5th largest cable provider. Service went down hill as soon as Comcast came in so as soon as Fios was availble in my area I switched over and I couldn't be happier with the service that Verizon provides.

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you'd think hey could handle switch over faster/better now.

are you getting TV with that deal?

Originally posted by AUTiger89:

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Got to love that little thing called "competition".

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100% agreed.