Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) It’s no surprise that cable companies charge lower prices for broadband when they face competition from fiber-to-the-home services. But an article yesterday by Stop the Cap provides a good example of how dramatically promotional prices […]
Enlarge / Rooftop antenna at Immaculate Conception School in the Bronx. (credit: People’s Choice Communications) Charter Communications employees who have been on strike since 2017 are building an Internet service provider in New York City called “People’s Choice.” “People’s Choice Communications is an employee-owned social enterprise launched by members of IBEW Local #3 to bridge […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Andrzej Wojcicki) Charter Communications has withdrawn a petition seeking government permission to impose data caps on broadband users this year. Unlike other ISPs, Charter is subject to the prohibition on data caps and overage fees until May 2023 because of seven-year conditions applied to its 2016 purchase of Time Warner […]
Expand / T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert talks during a keynote at CES 2020 at Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (charge: Getty Images | Bloomberg) T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert yesterday fired back in AT&T and Verizon, stating the carriers’ complaints regarding T-Mobile getting more spectrum permits demonstrate {} fearful of competition. “Even the […]
Expand / / A pigeon rests on a T-Mobile emblem outside a Cell Phone shop, managed by Deutsche Telekom AG, at Munich, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (credit: Getty Images AT&T and Verizon are concerned about T-Mobile’s huge array holdings and have requested that the Federal Communications Commission to enforce limitations on the carrier’s […]