Comcast-Time Warner Deal Can Claim One Prominent Silicon Valley Supporter

The proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger has at least one high-profile backer here in Silicon Valley. Carl Guardino, president of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and an ever-present present figure in regional public policy discussions, wrote in a Forbes piece that he supports the deal.

It would be good for consumers and would encourage competition rather than thwarting it, he said. “There seems to be nothing but upside in this deal,” Guardino wrote. While somewhat surprising, given the seemingly wary relationship between many folks in Silicon Valley and the big telecommunications companies, Guardino’s sentiments aren’t new. In fact, his Forbes piece is merely an extended version of a letter to the editor he sent to the Mercury News in February soon after the announcement of the deal.