There are a number of fears that come to most pay TV and Internet subscribers’ minds when they think about the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger that was announced last week. Will my bill go up? Will real competition in the industry become even more rare? Will the resulting mega-ISP be ruthless and evil? Also high on the list of concerns in light of net neutrality’s death is whether or not a combined Comcast-TWC entity would use its newfound heft to throttle Netflix and other online video providers. Comcast’s head of regulatory affairs David Cohen recently responded to a report from the Barron’s Tech Trader Daily blog, insisting that some of the concerns raised by the piece will not be issues if
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