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I remember in high school they taught us about the case study of ma bell being broken up because they had a monopoly on phone services. it seems to me like where ever you live in the US you have only 1 choice of cable providers and they always screw you with their insanely high prices and huge cable packages full of channels nobody wants. so why doesn't the government break them up and create a bunch of smaller competitors?
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notZaar posted:I remember in high school they taught us about the case study of ma bell being broken up because they had a monopoly on phone services. it seems to me like where ever you live in the US you have only 1 choice of cable providers and they always screw you with their insanely high prices and huge cable packages full of channels nobody wants. so why doesn't the government break them up and create a bunch of smaller competitors? i also am curious about this
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Jul 13, 2014 23:32
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notZaar posted:I remember in high school they taught us about the case study of ma bell being broken up because they had a monopoly on phone services. it seems to me like where ever you live in the US you have only 1 choice of cable providers and they always screw you with their insanely high prices and huge cable packages full of channels nobody wants. so why doesn't the government break them up and create a bunch of smaller competitors? $$$$$$$ edit: Actually did they have lobbyists back then?
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Jul 13, 2014 23:33
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Jul 13, 2014 23:33
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if you actually pay for cable you're a huge idiot
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Jul 13, 2014 23:33
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"man why am i so poor and i can barely afford rent." *pays $100 a month for a thousand channels of commercials that u dont even watch*
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Jul 13, 2014 23:33
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Jul 13, 2014 23:35
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i have an antenna in TYOOL 2014
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Jul 13, 2014 23:37
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Idiot Kicker posted:i have an antenna in TYOOL 2014 this is really the way to go because you can get a cheap antenna from amazon that you mount on your window or something and get local HD channels for free
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Jul 13, 2014 23:38
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Jul 13, 2014 23:39
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roboshit posted:"man why am i so poor and i can barely afford rent." *pays $100 a month for a thousand channels of commercials that u dont even watch* same, fios has a 15/5 package for 11 dollars a month, and tw throttled cable has the same package, just throttled. people who pay for tv these days are idiots
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Jul 13, 2014 23:40
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i pay for cable because its easy and i have money to waste
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Jul 13, 2014 23:41
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notZaar posted:I remember in high school they taught us about the case study of ma bell being broken up because they had a monopoly on phone services. it seems to me like where ever you live in the US you have only 1 choice of cable providers and they always screw you with their insanely high prices and huge cable packages full of channels nobody wants. so why doesn't the government break them up and create a bunch of smaller competitors? until there's only one single cable company for the entire country, it's unlikely anyone will be able to successfully apply antitrust legislation because the supreme court has rejected that local cable monopolies are grounds for class actions. even then it'd depend on whether satellite tv was moribund or not
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Jul 13, 2014 23:41
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Government and business have been slowly merging for the last 40 years and why would they break up themselves?
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Jul 13, 2014 23:41
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I'm paying $14.99/month for Time Warner 2/1 internet and have an OTA antenna for local TV
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Jul 13, 2014 23:43
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well first off the way the industry works financially means it's highly prone to being a monopoly and competition doesn't really work, as it would be ridiculous for every cable company to lay an entire cable network for themselves when they can all use the same one. as for why it isn't well regulated that's because for the past 40 years business has successfully taken control of the american political discourse, mostly by stirring up race and class hatred to erode people's support for a sane regulatory schema
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Jul 13, 2014 23:45
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Because they technically have a lot of competitors even though in practice they really don't. The main problem is 20-30 years ago regulators thought it was pretty much a level playing field and didn't realize/care coax had a fuckload of bandwidth that would make it incredibly difficult and a huge financial barrier for a true competitor to come in against them. Basically they though everyone was going to have to come in with fiber/wireless eventually and it turns out that with relatively minor network upgrades the coax owners wouldn't even need to bring fiber to the home for, well, perhaps decades from right now.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:48
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also Verizon and SBC have essentially recreated Ma Bell as a potentially collusive entity outside a couple of the baby bells, so the entire breakup was negated within the past 20 years anyway.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:48
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It's because of how gay you are, OP. The gov't was totally preparing to act and then they heard about you and were like "well gently caress that" and stopped.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:49
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roboshit posted:this is really the way to go because you can get a cheap antenna from amazon that you mount on your window or something and get local HD channels for free I'm moving in a few days and my new place doesn't have cable. I hope these work well. All I really need is sports.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:51
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Jul 13, 2014 23:52
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The regulatory apparatus has been completely bought out hth.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:54
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I called to cancel my basic $30 cable and they told me it would raise my internet by about $15 dollars, since they were a package deal. So i'd net save $15 dollars a month.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:54
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It always confuses the gently caress out of me when people seem to be flabbergasted by corporate abuses and wonder where they originated from. -They have money -They can get away with anything they feel like This concept is something that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone over the age of 14. I have a better question for you OP: Why are you so naive?
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Jul 13, 2014 23:55
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giganews and a decent provider that doesn't cap is 49 dollars a month just saying
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Jul 13, 2014 23:56
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Supreme Allah posted:I called to cancel my basic $30 cable and they told me it would raise my internet by about $15 dollars, since they were a package deal. So i'd net save $15 dollars a month. Is this time warner? Cos time warner pulls that poo poo all the time, a few years ago they did that with "digital phone".
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Jul 13, 2014 23:56
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lol you still have land lines
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Jul 13, 2014 23:57
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Mostly because there are two types of people heading up the FCC. They're either "former" Comcast execs, or have been offered executive positions at Comcast once the legislation Du jour gets passed.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:57
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Nonsense posted:Is this time warner? Cos time warner pulls that poo poo all the time, a few years ago they did that with "digital phone". It's comcast, I hate them. But the internet is fast and doesn't go out.
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Jul 13, 2014 23:58
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Design Spots posted:lol you still have land lines I also have a regular rear end cell phone that can only talk and text 
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Jul 13, 2014 23:58
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EugeneJ posted:I'm paying $14.99/month for Time Warner 2/1 internet and have an OTA antenna for local TV russian gulags have faster internet than you. how does that feel?
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Jul 13, 2014 23:58
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Sexual Velcro posted:russian gulags have faster internet than you. how does that feel? .... $14.99!
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Jul 14, 2014 00:01
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roboshit posted:if you actually pay for cable you're a huge idiot I'm like Jim Kerry in the Cable Guy, I was raised by sitcom families and whimsical friend groupings. I need TBS to not feel alone.
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Jul 14, 2014 00:19
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Turns out the rumors are true. Taylor Hanson’s rear end in a top hat is one big sloppy mess… at least it SOUNDS that way! A matter of two days ago the rumored sex audio of Taylor being hosed/fisted in a bathroom (which has been floating about the internet for the past few weeks) finally found it’s way onto a public file share/host site and is taking the internet by storm. According to the rumor in recent weeks Taylor was recorded by one of his sex partners on a small mp3 recorder during sex in a bathroom. First linked through The DataLounge the audio clip lasts a whopping five plus minutes long. Through out the audio you can clearly hear grotesque squishing, slopping and plowing sounds. The funny thing is, Taylor’s voice is crystal clear groaning and moaning in his signature style mixed with “Oh GOD” and “OH gently caress” over and over. Shocking some is the grunting from his MALE partner who talks about how nice his rear end is. The audio wraps with a variety of noises from farting, bubbling and splattering sounds, complete with Taylor panting, grunting, straining and sighing in the process of what insiders say is him prolapsing his worn out rear end in a top hat.
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Jul 14, 2014 00:19
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that sure is you posting that thing again, cool + funny
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Jul 14, 2014 00:22
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May your eyes be opened by the wonderful
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Jul 14, 2014 00:22
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you voted the lobbyists in on you man
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Jul 14, 2014 00:23
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Design Spots posted:you voted the lobbyists in but obama said he wouldnt appoint any lobbyists so
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Jul 14, 2014 01:45
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lmao did he actually say that?
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Jul 14, 2014 01:47
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Cash Rules E-rights Around Me
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