Comcast’s blockbuster $45 billion deal for Time Warner Cable — the Manhattan cable company everyone likes to kvetch about — has tongues wagging from the East Village to East Los Angeles.

The move, which will give Comcast roughly 33 million subscribers from coast to coast, puts both companies’ regulatory legal eagles in the spotlight as rivals look to extract their pound of flesh for supporting the deal.

While Comcast has said it is willing to sell off three million sibs to gain regulatory approval, consumers should consider additional potential fallout.

Namely, here are five things folks should be on the lookout for.