[1st-mile-nm] Verizon & Comcast/Xfinity

[Gary Gomes]

Owen,

 

Unfortunately it is true.  In one of the most egregious regulatory sell-outs
of the Obama administration, in August of last year the Justice Department
and the FCC approved a $3.6 Billion deal between Verizon and Comcast, Time
Warner and Bright house cable companies that you and I will be paying for a
very long time.

 

The headline "deal" was for the three cable companies to sell their cellular
radio frequencies (they had planned to enter the cellular business as
competitors of Verizon, AT&T , etc.  So for $3.6 Million , Verizon got
access to additional 700 MHz frequencies that they may or may not  need but
more importantly,  got rid of three potential competitors.  That wasn't
enough for the Cable companies though (if Verizon was to get rid of
potential major competitors, so should they(m so they included an  agreement
for the companies to "cross-sell" each other's service.

 

To no one's surprise (except for the FCC and the DOJ, perhaps), as soon as
the deal was approved, AT&T announced that they were not going to extend
FiOS beyond current markets.  

 

So now Comcast is offering its customers Verizon wireless service at a
"savings" of $5.00 per month off Verizon's published rates for 24 months if
bundled with Comcast cable service.  Comcast has not announced when they are
raising the Cable and/or Internet rates to make up for this $5.00
"discount".

 

Welcome to America

 

Gary

 

From: 1st-mile-nm-bounces+ggomes=soundviewnet.com at mailman.dcn.org
[mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces+ggomes=soundviewnet.com at mailman.dcn.org] On
Behalf Of Owen Densmore
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 9:01 PM
To: 1st-Mile-NM
Subject: [1st-mile-nm] Verizon & Comcast/Xfinity

 

I recently called comcast/xfinity (what's the diff?) to try their broadband.

 

I got an unusually tech-sophisticated customer support person.  After
working out the installation details, I mentioned interest in Verizon FiOS.
He said there was no FiOS in NM but Vzn and Comcast have a bundling
agreement so that if you have both comcast and vzn services, you can get
discounts.

 

Is this true?  I haven't seen much mention of this other than vague
marketing announcements over the past year.

 

Details?  Thanks,

 

   -- Owen

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