{"id":171,"date":"2017-01-28T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T13:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=171"},"modified":"2017-01-28T13:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T13:26:29","slug":"verizon-might-buy-charter-creating-a-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gdgtfix.com\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Verizon might buy Charter, creating a monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A monster that would even further reduce the already limited competition in the ISP space. Not at all consumer friendly, and leaving us more or less in the hands of Comcast and verizon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/1\/26\/14397432\/verizon-charter-acquisition-talks\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A monster that would even further reduce the already limited competition in the ISP space. 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