Charter Conditions Comment Period Extended; Mediacom Backs Charter's Ask
The FCC Wireline Bureau is extending until Sept. 2 the comment deadline on Charter Communications' request that the FCC sunset its data cap and usage-based pricing restrictions from its Time Warner Cable/Bright House Networks purchases next year (see 2006180050), it…
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said Tuesday in a public notice. The bureau said it's also seeking comment on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's decision last week on the Competitive Enterprise Institute's challenge of some TWC/BHN conditions (see 2008140040). Backing Charter's petition, Mediacom, in a docket 16-197 posting Tuesday, said the free market should determine how internet service is offered, rather than regulatory mandates. Not allowing a company to create different tiers of internet service with different caps can mean low users of data end up subsidizing heavy users, it said.