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posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 30 2018, @10:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the out-out-damned-Charter dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) today voted to revoke its approval of Charter Communications' 2016 purchase of Time Warner Cable (TWC). The PSC said it is ordering Charter to sell the former TWC system that it purchased in New York, and it's "bring[ing] an enforcement action in State Supreme Court to seek additional penalties for Charter's past failures and ongoing noncompliance."

Charter has repeatedly failed to meet deadlines for broadband expansions that were required in exchange for merger approval, state officials said. The PSC has steadily increased the pressure on Charter with fines and threats, but Charter never agreed to changes demanded by state officials.

As a result of today's vote, "Charter is ordered to file within 60 days a plan with the Commission to ensure an orderly transition to a successor provider(s)," the PSC's announcement said. "During the transition process, Charter must continue to comply with all local franchises it holds in New York State and all obligations under the Public Service Law and the Commission regulations. Charter must ensure no interruption in service is experienced by customers, and, in the event that Charter does not do so, the Commission will take further steps, including seeking injunctive relief in Supreme Court in order to protect New York consumers."

[...] Charter has denied failing to meet obligations to expand broadband service. But as we've previously written, state officials say that Charter is trying to count locations that it was already required to serve as part of franchise agreements toward its merger commitments.

[...] Charter's statement did not say whether it will appeal the PSC decision, or whether it will comply with the PSC's order to sell the former Time Warner Cable system in New York. We asked Charter those questions today and will update this story if we get a response.

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 30 2018, @06:23PM (7 children)

    Voluntary is fine. I have no issue with people giving away their money, only with it being stolen.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @07:26PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @07:26PM (#714894)

    You are free to live on a boat in international waters. If you don't like this arrangement you are free to fuck off out of my country.

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 30 2018, @07:58PM (5 children)

      Yours? There are 325 million or so people who might beg to differ and most of them think more like me than like you.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @09:45PM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @09:45PM (#714958)

        BZZT wrong!

        The majority of US citizens want socialized healthcare and a return to pre-Reagan programs that helped with education and such. Keep fooling yourself about being in the majority all you want.

        Yes MY country, you seem like a decent citizen but your personal ideologies are for a broken US that values greed over freedom and you're too pig headed to comprehend.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @10:06PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 30 2018, @10:06PM (#714965)

          values greed over freedom

          For a moment there, I thought you were Mr. Vim. However, you cannot be, because capitalism values greed over freedom.

        • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday July 31 2018, @03:15AM (2 children)

          And if you keep telling yourself that over and over, one day you may actually believe it.

          As for my ideologies, they value freedom over everything. Fuck money, fuck comfort, fuck life if it comes to it. That means freedom for everybody though not just those who agree with me, unlike your authoritarian ass.

          Now get in your little red boat and row your commie ass back to China, please.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:13AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:13AM (#715061)

            Whatever you say VIM dude. Sadly your idea of freedom is so childish it is dangerous and I'm tickled red you think I'm a commie. Your lack of education is showing again, go back to school ya jackass!

            • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:22AM

              Yeah, children can understand freedom pretty well. It takes an intellectual to fuck it up so thoroughly that it can be used to oppress people. It's pretty amusing that they can also get idiots like you to buy into their bullshit but then I dig on gallows humor.

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