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AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner

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Re: AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner

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Post by AlexCoventry »

ajonnav wrote: post #89

> The judge indicated during the trial that he wasn’t buying Shapiro’s projection. After his testimony, Leon said he was "confused." Further explanation from Shapiro didn’t help. "I’m not sure I got it, but it’s too late and too hot to belabor the point any further," the judge said. Amazing on so many different levels. (Shapiro is the economist whose model the DOJ based their case off of).

How is it that the executive branch is acting in a more principled and competent manner than the judicial, in this case?

I suppose it could be good for the economy and general welfare of the nation that the price of good TV will go up, if it means people will be watching less of it.

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Post by debt »

class4behavior wrote: post #186
trynumber9 wrote: post #22

The DOJ had tried to stop the deal[1] but it appears that the court ruled it could carry on [2]. Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim said in a statement the DOJ was "disappointed with the Court's decision today. We continue to believe that the pay-TV market will be less competitive and less innovative as a result of the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner. We will closely review the Court's opinion and…

The irony is, their monopoly power and the conflicts of interest could be much less worrisome if net neutrality were in place.

I believe the timing of this was intentional.

Re: AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner

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Post by paul7986 »

rayiner wrote: post #173
paul7986 wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You in Westminister, MD or Howard county?

Anne Arundel. Comcast offers gigabit pro here.

Ah sure that and FIOS which is true fiber ...though for me 50Mbps is fine for streaming video.. not a gamer, running a business or mining BT.

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Post by ars »

class4behavior wrote: post #186
trynumber9 wrote: post #22

The DOJ had tried to stop the deal[1] but it appears that the court ruled it could carry on [2]. Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim said in a statement the DOJ was "disappointed with the Court's decision today. We continue to believe that the pay-TV market will be less competitive and less innovative as a result of the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner. We will closely review the Court's opinion and…

The irony is, their monopoly power and the conflicts of interest could be much less worrisome if net neutrality were in place.

Wrong Time Warner. This is the entertainment part, not the internet service.

Re: AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner

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Post by [deleted] »

s2g wrote: post #162
EpicEng wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It matters when ~50% of the comments are talking about net neutrality and Time Warner Cable hasn't existed for more than two years.

This is a major net neutrality issue. AT&T can now say all of time warner's content is free for mobile devices. Major blow to their competitors.

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Re: AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner

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Post by ars »

debt wrote: post #192
class4behavior wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The irony is, their monopoly power and the conflicts of interest could be much less worrisome if net neutrality were in place.

I believe the timing of this was intentional.

And what are you basing your belief on?

And don't forget this is the entertainment time warner, not the internet service. So I'm curious what intentional timing you found, and how it relates to net neutrality.

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Post by stevenwoo »

I had forgotten of this until I read this article on the Atlantic, but there is an organization dedicated to breaking up the new form of monopolies like AT&T+Time Warner, Google, Amazon, Facebook, originally funded by Google, the Open Markets Institute

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/lina-kh...

Re: AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner

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Post by dbatten »

ars wrote: post #194
class4behavior wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The irony is, their monopoly power and the conflicts of interest could be much less worrisome if net neutrality were in place.

Wrong Time Warner. This is the entertainment part, not the internet service.

Parent is correct. The worry is AT&T giving preferential treatment to their new Time Warner content on their own network...
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