Charter Overbuild Condition Helps Keep Open Digital Divide, ACA Says
The FCC network overbuild requirement on Charter Communications hurts agency and congressional goals of closing the digital divide by undermining the incentives of smaller operators to invest in expanding their broadband networks to unserved or underserved areas, American Cable Association…
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representatives are telling Chairman Ajit Pai's office. An ACA ex parte filing posted Tuesday in docket 15-149 said the overbuild condition -- required as part of Charter's 2016 buys of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks -- has Charter spending resources on providing a second option to subscribers who already have 25 Mbps-or-better service, diverting resources from serving consumers with no broadband or slower speeds, ACA said in a meeting with Pai's acting wireline adviser, Jay Schwarz. ACA is one of several parties that petitioned for reconsideration of New Charter conditions (see 1606100043).