Charter Opposes Maine Motion to Dismiss Prorating Suit

Regulation of cable TV's rate structure is the same as rate regulation, and Maine's argument that its prorating law isn't rate regulation because it requires rebates after service is canceled is "wordplay," Charter said Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor. The cable operator's opposition (in Pacer, docket 20-cv-00168) to the state's motion to dismiss Charter's legal challenge to the prorating law (see 2006030036) said a requirement a particular rate structure be offered as a customer service requirement makes Congress' ban of state rate regulation "largely toothless." Maine didn't comment.