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[–] tex 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Having once worked for Comcast, I can verify that they are a thoroughly awful company. However, other service providers such as AT&T suck just as much. The reason they all suck is that they have to negotiate with local governments every time they move into a new area. These agreements require the companies to contort to satisfy all kinds of weird requirements. So instead of general customer satisfaction, Comcast terrorizes their employees about things like "average handle time" because missing a metric means potentially losing millions of dollars. They don't give a shit about losing your business because the same government ensures they have a near monopoly. Breaking Comcast up into smaller companies won't change anything.

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[–] aundregrande 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I hate to upvote this, because it makes me feel as though I support it. I do agree, however, that splitting up the companies won't do much, for the reasons you outlined, as well as the fact that no additional competition will be provided for consumers. They will just have a smaller company...