Commercial Network Services Urges no Merger Until Charter Broadband Policies Clarified
Charter Communications shouldn't get FCC OK to buy Bright House Communications and Time Warner Cable until it first produces a peering policy "fully respecting" the net neutrality order, said Commercial Network Services CEO Barry Bahrami in a filing posted Tuesday…
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in docket 15-149. "While I understand New Charter says they will behave more responsibly than what the peering policy actually specifies in writing, it would only take a few key employees to retire or move on to other jobs for the policy to be interpreted differently and cause significant harm to the virtuous cycle," Bahrami said, elaborating on arguments the company made earlier this month before the FCC (see 1508050033). The peering policy's problem is that the net neutrality order doesn't contain a provision allowing for paid peering arrangements with edge providers on a case-by-case basis, Bahrami said.