Re: Comcast merger FAQs

[Dan Billings <billingsdan@yahoo.com>]

--- Aaron 'Bishop' Read <aread@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> The cable companies don't negotiate with the content
> providers strictly on 
> a market-by-market basis...usually deals are made
> with several markets in 
> mind.  So if there's several cable companies, the
> content providers are in 
> a better position to make deals with the cable
> providers, and the consumer 
> - in theory - gets better content because they get
> more channels.
> 
> Of course, in reality it doesn't really work that
> way...BUT, with fewer 
> cable companies now the content providers are in
> less of a position to make 
> deals and instead of the consumer getting screwed by
> default, they get 
> screwed directly.

Your logic leaves a lot to be desired.

The cabnegotiatees do not negiotiate with content
providers over the quality of the negotiateg -- they
negiotiate over price!  Larger cable companies have
more leverage to get lower prices from providers,
which could result in lower costs for consumers.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

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