Comcast, Charter, TWC Overlaps 'De Minimis', They Tell FCC

Overlaps among Charter Communications', Comcast's and Time Warner Cable's service areas are “de minimis” even if the calculation is made using all the homes to which each company could extend service within 7-10 days, the companies told members of the FCC's Comcast/TWC transaction review team in a meeting last week, an ex parte filing said. “In over 99.9 percent of areas served by the companies, there is not even a potential overlap between any of the Applicants,” the filing said. “Except in rare instances,” the companies said, they also don't offer broadband services to residential or small- and medium-size business customers in each other’s areas.