AT&T Broadband to merge w/ Comcast Cable

[perry]

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<< NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - AT&T Corp. said it would sell its cable television unit to Comcast Corp. for about $72 billion in stock and debt, creating a massive cable operator with more than 22 million subscribers. >>


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Just adds something else into the @Home fiasco... Maybe? Doesn't mention AT&T Broadband Internet, is that still a seperate entity? Gotta be better (for the folks using AT&T Broadband) that AOL Time Warner didn't win...

AT&T press release

Comcast press release

 

[Mrburns2007]

There will be 3 seperate AT&T companies now:

AT$T long distance
AT$T Comcast cable
AT$T wireless

guess they keep the AT$T name because of it's value

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

fvck! Where does that put my job!?

Nik {}

 

[Muadib]

fvck! Where does that put my job!?
Who do you work for?

This sucks! Why Comcast WHY???:|

 

[randomlinh]

cause they dished the moola.

but now, i wonder if us customers are gunna feel the pain w/ another increase in cost of service...

 

[narzy]

<< fvck! Where does that put my job!?

Nik {} >>



same here fly boy...:Q

 

[perry]

<< There will be 3 seperate AT&T companies now:

AT$T long distance
AT$T Comcast cable
AT$T wireless

guess they keep the AT$T name because of it's value >>



The way I understand it, you can tack on AT&T Broadband Internet as well...

 

[Jzero]

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<< There will be 3 seperate AT&T companies now:

AT$T long distance
AT$T Comcast cable
AT$T wireless

guess they keep the AT$T name because of it's value >>



The way I understand it, you can tack on AT&T Broadband Internet as well... >>



I am cancelling my cable modem service b/c I can't follow the politics behind it! argh! So ATT wouldn't allow Comcast to buy their broadband assets....but they'll hop in bed with them....