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I AM CONCERNED THAT COMCAST'S
PROPOSED WOULD ONLY MAKE IT
WORSE FOR CONSUMERS.
THERE IS NO NEED TO DIVULGE ANY
SORT OF CONNECTION BUT I WANTED
PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT.
>> THERE'S NO NEED TO DIVULGE.
>> COMCAST DEFENDS THIS MERGER.
>> RIGHT.
>> THEY SAY THAT THE TWO
COMPANIES SHARE NO CUSTOMERS
WITH THE SAME ZIP CODE BUT YOU
ARGUE THAT THE MERGER WILL MEAN
THAT THE PRICES GO UP?
>> HERE'S THE BIGGEST CABLE
PROVIDER IN THE COUNTRY AND THE
SECOND BIGGEST CABLE PROVIDER IN
THE COUNTRY AND THEY DON'T
COMPETE ANYWHERE?
>> RIGHT.
>> THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
COMPETITION.
WE NEED MORE COMPETITION
SIGNIFICANCE, NOT LESS.
THIS IS GOING EXACTLY IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION.
AND CONSUMERS ARE -- I AM VERY
CONCERNED ARE GOING TO PAY
HIGHER BILLS, THEY ARE GOING TO
GET EVEN WORSE SERVICE AND LESS
CHOICE.
>> YOU LIVE IN MINNESOTA.
YOU HAVE COMCAST?
>> WE GET COMCAST.
>> ARE YOU ALLOWED TO -- ARE YOU
COMFORTABLE FOR TALKING ABOUT
YOUR SERVICE?
>> I HAVE COMCAST AND --
>> DID YOU GET RID OF IT?
>> WE DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE.
I DIDN'T FIND THE SERVICE
SATISFACTORY.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> NO COMMENT.
>> WE HAD A QUID PRO QUO HERE.
>> IT'S YOUR INTERVIEW.
>> THE OTHER CONCERN, OF COURSE,
IS THE INTERNET.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR
ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE INTERNET,
FROM YOUTUBE, FROM OTHER CERTAIN
NETFLIX.
IN TERMS OF INTERNET SERVICE,
COMC
COMCAST SAYS THEY HAVE 20% NOW.
>> 30% IS A HUGE PART OF THE
MARKET.
>> BUT NOT A MAJORITY.
NOT A MONOPOLY, AS THEY SAY.
>> NO.
BUT IT'S TOO BIG.
AS I SAID, WE NEED MORE
COMPETITION, NOT LESS.
>> AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
HOW DO YOU HAVE MORE
COMPETITION?
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?
>> WE LOOK AT THIS AND DON'T
ALLOW THE TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES
TO MERGE.
THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE MORE
COMPETITION.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF SENATORS THAT --
>> WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT, IS
WHAT I'M SAYING.
I HAVEN'T COME DOWN ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER BUT I EXPRESSED MY
CONCERN TO REGULATORS.
>> YOU THINK THAT --
PHILOSOPHICALLY YOU THINK THAT
THE TWO BIGGEST SHOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED TO MERGE?
>> WELL, YEAH.
THERE'S THIS CONCENTRATION
MEETING.
I WAS AGAINST COMCAST MERGING OR
ACQUIRING NBC BECAUSE NOW ABOUT
THREE DOZEN OTHER CABLE NET
NETWORKS -- IF YOU'RE A CABLE
PROVIDER, YOU BETTER HAVE THE
OLYMPICS.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT COMCAST, YOU'VE
GOT TO PAY NBC COMCAST OR
COMCAST NBC FOR THE RIGHTS TO
THE OLYMPICS AND COMCAST CAN
CHARGE WHATEVER THEY WANT.
THEY HAVE TO PAY THEMSELVES THE