AT&T to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion

[StarOcean]

Ka-pi96 said:

StarOcean said:
I thought we had laws that prevented hypthothetical monopolies

I know Europe does, I`ve even seen them be used before, but the US... Well I`ve heard that certain states only have like 1 internet provider so obviously monopolies are allowed there.

Besides, I`m not sure this would even qualify as a monopoly. As far as I`m aware AT&T are about providing the content while Time Warner actually produce it. So they`re kind of separate, albeit similar, industries.

Yeah, the state I live in, Oregon, used to only have one internet provider until recently, I believe