Pandemic Points to Need for Charter Conditions, NY PSC Says

An early sunset of FCC data cap and interconnection conditions from Charter Communications' purchase of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks would hurt consumers and make broadband access more difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic, said the New York State Public Service Commission in a docket 16-197 posting Thursday. Charter's ask for early relief (see 2006180050) "is ill-timed" given the health crisis and the strong need for broadband for such applications as telecommuting and telehealth, it said. Charter didn't comment.