The US Justice Department is currently suing to block a proposed acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T. The deal would create a cable content behemoth to rival Comcast-NBC, and the government is concerned that (brace yourself for this surprise!) the company would use its market power to hike prices and artificially keep a dying cable …
Earlier this year, Charter Communications finalized its deal to absorb Time Warner Cable and buy out Bright House Networks, becoming the second largest cable company behind the monolith that is Comcast. Well it seems as though lots of former Time Warner Cable customers are learning of the joys of being a Charter customer, complete with …
Under the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission approved the merger of Charter and TWC, subject to a few conditions. One of the conditions was that Charter would extend service to one million households that already have service from another provider. This “overbuild” was designed to force competition in the broadband space, and to create …
On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman filed a lawsuit in the state’s Supreme Court against Time Warner Cable and its new parent company, Spectrum. The suit alleges that Spectrum-TWC conducted “a deliberate scheme to defraud and mislead New Yorkers by promising internet service that they knew they could not deliver.” According to the …
If you live in an AT&T area, chances are you’re not in love with the level of control the company already has over your internet and TV service. But according to a new report, things are about to get even worse.
