Cable merger can create headache for customers: #tellusatoday

Comcast announced last week that it wants to acquire Time Warner Cable for $45 billion. Comments from Twitter and Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

This is a bad idea, at least for consumers. If we want cable prices to stop going up, this merger should not be approved. We need more competition, not less.

— Bill Marshall

If they raise prices, the cord-cutting movement will start to get bigger. Let's see.

— Modesto Rodriguez Montes

I don't see how the merger of two companies, mostly in different markets, creates a monopoly.

— Glen Watson

It's great for the companies and stockholders and I'm pro-free market, but this is a step back for U.S. broadband in general.

The bigger the company is, the less incentive it has to upgrade the network.

— Jake Krause

The merger will turn an oligopoly into a monopoly. Customers are doomed.

— @johnlouissmith

Unregulate cable, forcing companies to compete. Quality will go up and prices will go down. Consumers win.

— @garydoan

After the Comcast-Time Warner merger, my concern is cost for Internet speeds for Netflix and other streaming sites.

— @barraford

No doubt the cable companies will raise rates, providing even worse service; the working man gets shafted again.

— @RussDavis76

Isn't this what anti-trust laws are supposed to prevent? Look at what Comcast owns.

— @BrentBrentl

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