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posted by Fnord666 on Friday July 27 2018, @06:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the revoke-every-politician-in-office dept.

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

New York State and the nation's second biggest cable provider (Charter Spectrum) aren't getting along particularly well. Early last year, Charter Spectrum was sued by New York State for selling broadband speeds the company knew it couldn't deliver. According to the original complaint (pdf), Charter routinely misled consumers, refused to seriously upgrade its networks, and manipulated a system the FCC used to determine whether the company was delivering advertised broadband speeds to the company's subscribers (it wasn't). Charter has tried to use the FCC's net neutrality repeal to claim that states can't hold it accountable for terrible service, but that hasn't been going particularly well.

Source: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180723/08030840291/new-york-state-threatens-to-revoke-charters-cable-franchise-bullshitting.shtml


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by choose another one on Friday July 27 2018, @10:38AM (2 children)

    by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 27 2018, @10:38AM (#713610)

    All the way to the top...

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Friday July 27 2018, @11:29AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 27 2018, @11:29AM (#713620) Journal

    I don't get it. You see, in other countries one can bullshit for free, no franchise fees required.
    E.g. see Brexit

    (grin)

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