[talk] Bye bye twc/ spectrum?

[Charles Sprickman]

> On Jul 27, 2018, at 11:19 PM, Jonathan Drews <jdrews at gmx.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 08:56:16PM -0400, Mark Saad wrote:
>> 
>> All
>>   Is this true , the verge is reporting that nys is going to kick charter out of nys for failing to comply with the requirements of the twc , spectrum, charter merger .  
>> 
>> https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/27/17622846/spectrum-charter-cable-internet-new-york-kicked-out
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>> Mark Saad | mark.saad at ymail.com
> 
> It looks like it is true. Slate has an article on it:
> https://amp.slate.com/technology/2018/07/spectrum-forced-to-leave-new-york-after-failing-to-meet-the-terms-of-its-2016-merger-with-time-warner.html
> 
> The part that caught my eye was:
> The company provides internet, cable, and phone services to more than *2* *million* customers in New York.
> Apart from banning Spectrum from New York, the commission is also fining the company $3 million.
> 
> There are other news sources that corroborate this. 

I am really having a hard time finding a good map of what parts of the state they cover.  But if the population is around 17M and there are only 2M customers, it can’t be a very large footprint.

Cuomo admin does some interesting things when poked from the left. 

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