TWC Gets FCC Rate Deregulation in Wisconsin Communities
An array of Wisconsin communities no longer can regulate Time Warner Cable basic rates, the FCC Media Bureau said in an order Wednesday, rejecting arguments from the cities of New Berlin and Waukesha and the town of Delafield that they…
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weren't subject to effective competition. New Berlin had said the footprint of LEC AT&T Wisconsin didn't cover parts of the community, but the bureau said the LEC effective competition test doesn't require any particular penetration level and that AT&T's service area significantly overlaps TWC's. The cities and town also argued the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions is the franchising authority that should have been a party in TWC's petition, but the bureau said its omission doesn't make the petition procedurally defective. The order covers 18 communities around Wisconsin.