Charter Plans $14.99 Low-Income Broadband Post Merger

Charter Communications announced it will launch a new fast-broadband service for low-income Americans within six months of concluding its pending merger with Time Warner Cable and acquisition of Bright House Networks. Charter expects the service will be available throughout its service territories within three years of close. The low-income broadband service will offer the highest speeds of any comparable offering, delivering speeds of 30/4 Mbps for $14.99 per month, Charter claims. Charter provided further details of the new low-income broadband offering as follows:

• Eligible customers will also be able to receive promotional video service and phone bundle offerings
• The service comes with a modem at no extra cost and free self-install
• Eligible subscribers include families with students who participate in the National School Lunch Program and seniors 65 and older who receive Supplemental Security Income program benefits
• Also eligible are current Charter service subscribers who meet either of the above two criteria
• Ineligible are those with Charter/TWC/BHN broadband subscriptions within 60 days of sign-up
• Those eligible do not need to undergo a credit check, but they must clear any bad debts with Charter, TWC and BHN