Included in arguments for regulatory approval of its merger
with Time Warner Cable and Bright House, Charter stated that it will comply
with net neutrality rules even if they are later found to be illegal on appeal,
and will continue to significantly invest in its broadband network.*
So, what happens if this merger and future ones are approved?** Should
we believe that we will be better off with fewer providers who may have greater
scale and scope to provide all of our communication needs? Isn’t this what the phone company was decades
ago (as a regulated public utility)?
Let competition thrive!
Both regulatory overreact and further industry consolidation will impede this from happening.
*The National Cable and Telecommunications Association
supports Net Neutrality but not Title II reclassification. (A position I agreed with.)
**Highly unlikely Charter/TWC/Bright House is the last
merger.
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