Charter/TWC Settlement Received 1 Comment in 60-Day Comment Period
DOJ received just one public comment on its settlement with Charter Communications resolving the company's buys of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, and concluded its final judgment remains “an effective and appropriate remedy,” Justice said in a response…
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to the comment filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Tuesday. The lone public comment during the 60-day comment period came from North Carolina Charter customer Amy Bloomfield, who argued DOJ should block the deal because “Time Warner [Cable] is a decent company; Charter is not.” That's outside the scope of the antitrust concerns raised in the settlement and doesn't provide a reason to reject DOJ's final judgment, the document said.