FCC’s Pai Wants to Lift Charter-TWC Condition

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants to eliminate an FCC mandate forcing Charter Communications to compete head-to-head with other broadband providers in one million new locations. A draft order circulated among commissioners would jettison that requirement, but preserve a condition calling for overall broadband buildout to two million new households. The requirements were part of the FCC's approval of the $67 billion Charter-Time Warner Cable-Bright House Networks merger in 2016. An FCC spokesperson said it’s more important for Charter to build out to unserved households than to take on competitors.