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When TWC stops providing horrible internet service for astronomical prices then maybe things will change.

• randyrand 10y ago
  What incentive do they have to do that?
• hbcondo714 10y ago
  That will hopefully come soon enough - https://www.charter.com/merger-twc https://www.charter.com/merger-twc
  • leereeves 10y ago
    Doesn't reducing the number of suppliers of a product tend to reduce competition and increase prices?
    • DiabloD3 10y ago
      Charter was the only cable company allowed to buy TWC because of their track record. Both Comcast and Cox considered it, and the FCC straight up said no, they would never approve it. The former Adelphia areas that went to Comcast got marginally better (more uniform towards product offerings in line with existing Comcast), but are still overpriced shit, and the areas that TWC got worse to match TWC's existing shittyness. Given how TWC is a toxic shithole of a company, and Comcast is barely any different, Charter has actually made a name for themselves for being customer oriented, not short term anti-profit like the other two, and the FCC happily allowed the merger. Charter's pricing is generally lower, their customer support is generally better, and they actually rebuild areas they buy instead of letting them rot like TWC (and also Verizon, on the teleco side). tl;dr if the companies refuse to compete, how is any of it considered "competition"?