FCC, Charter Talking Low-Income Broadband Committments in BWN/TWC Deal
Low-income citizens' access to broadband is becoming an issue in the FC's review of Charter Communications buying Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable. In a filing posted Monday in docket 15-149, Charter said Alex Hoehn-Saric, senior vice president-government affairs,…
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met with one of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's staffers to talk about ways post-merger Charter "could fulfill its commitment to provide affordable, fast broadband through its proposed low-income program." Various operational and technical issues -- such as eligibility, enrollment and speed offerings -- also were discussed, Charter said.