Hawaii said the FCC shouldn’t let Time Warner Cable out...
Hawaii said the FCC shouldn’t let Time Warner Cable out of rate regulation on Oahu, pointing to the cable operator’s filings as reason to deny the company’s effective video competition petition. “The State was surprised by Time Warner Cable’s contention…
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in its Reply that it has lowered prices on the Island of Oahu in response to competition,” Hawaii said. “Time Warner Cable is actually increasing its rates in Hawaii” and recently told customers prices will go up March 1, the state said. Standard service on a primary outlet will rise 9 percent to $59.80 monthly, for instance, the state said. Such “inaccurate” claims point up why the Media Bureau should deny the deregulation request, because other Time Warner Cable statements may be incorrect, Hawaii said. A company spokesman declined to comment about Friday’s filing in docket 11-187 (http://xrl.us/bmsxs9). Hawaiian Telcom’s “substantial and growing” pay-TV service in the franchise area is reason to grant the cable operator’s request, TWC said in a Jan. 30 filing replying to the state and telco’s oppositions to the deregulation.