Lobbying Continues for Lifting of Charter Overbuild Condition
Multiple small ISPs and NTCA are pushing the FCC to revise the network overbuild requirement that was a condition on Charter Communications' buys of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. The condition "undermined" plans for network expansion or improvement…
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investments, 38 cable operators said in a letter to the FCC posted Tuesday in docket 15-149. "Mere threat of government-mandated, uneconomic entry undermines our ability to make investments that would benefit existing subscribers ... or expand our networks to reach unserved households," the 38 said, seeking elimination of the overbuild condition. Among them were MCTV, USA Communications, Cable America Missouri, TVC and Reach Broadband. NTCA also pushed for eliminating that condition when it met with an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and made much the same arguments it had made in a previous meeting with Commissioner Mike O’Rielly’s office (see 1703020068), according to an ex parte filing Monday. The FCC didn't comment Tuesday on the status of a draft order on circulation to lift the overbuild condition (see 1702240029).