Broadband activists to FCC: Hold Comcast accountable before Time-Warner deal

As part of its takeover of NBC-Universal in 2010, Comcast promised Federal Communications regulators that it would help give low-income residents better access to broadband, offering a bridge across the digital divide. But a coalition of California activists said that the cable giant has fallen far short of building that bridge. And now, with Comcast coming back to the FCC to bless its $45 billion takeover of Time-Warner Cable, the activists want the federal agency to start demanding that Comcast do more to help low-income folks get access to broadband.