Business Groups, State Lawmakers Support Charter Conditions Petition

Charter's ask to sunset data caps and interconnection conditions on its purchase of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks (see 2006180050) is getting support from business groups and state lawmakers, in FCC docket 16-197 filings Monday. Given the competitive video market, with internet-based platforms mushrooming, the need for the conditions on the purchases to protect that competition aren't necessary any longer, said the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Echoed the Wyoming Business Alliance, business growth and job creation have to be top priorities and it's "critical that we not do anything that might hamper that growth." Also filing support were Charlevoix Township, Michigan; California's Inland Empire Economic Partnership; the Association of California Cities-Orange County; and lawmakers in New York, Colorado and Texas (see here and here).