Charter Disputes New York Broadband Speeds Lawsuit

Time Warner Cable delivered broadband speeds as advertised and in recent years increased speed tiers by many times, the company now owned by Charter Communications said Monday at New York Supreme Court in case 450318/2017. Charter denied all of the New York state attorney general’s allegations claiming otherwise. From 2012 to 2016, TWC increased its lowest speed to 15 Mbps from 1 Mbps and its highest tier to 300 Mbps from 30 Mbps, Charter said. “Far from conducting a deliberate program to deceive its customers and failing to make necessary network investments … TWC was committed to providing high-quality service to all of its customers and undertook costly efforts to do so.” The court last month refused to dismiss the state’s lawsuit (see 1801120009). Earlier this week, the New York Public Service Commission chairman alleged Charter overstated broadband expansion efforts in the state and may have underpaid New York City for its franchise (see 1803190046).