said by elefante72:The overlap theory was never really an issue because cable overbuilding is quite limited--the divestitures was there not to trigger the % that has caused monopolies to be an issue in the past. That is the only reason for spinco, etc...
It its unknown yet what authority the FCC has under Title II, unless you could point us to that? I would be interested to know what they are actually trying to do.
Charter is the shell company for Liberty Media. This is essentially Malone trying to put his empire back together again.
It's not like Charter acquiring TWC is going to make everything all right. Outside of their scale, they are probably worse than Comcast at CS. Once the two combined expect CS to be just as bad or worse than Comcast.
Put plainly there are no positive outcomes here without solid 2/3 competitors in place.
They have the authority to reclassify broadband under title II but the FCC did not want to do that at first. But after Verizon Wireless wining their appeal they left the FCC with no choice but to reclassify broadband under title II. The FCC has already taken the vote now the only thing we are waiting for is for them to publish the change in the federal register. After it is published in the Federal Register it will become effective after 60 days. If they do sue which I am sure they will they will lose their lawsuit due to the fact they have the authority to reclassify them and they have the authority to enforce and create rules under title II. They did not have the authority to do that under Title I and that is why Verizon won the appeal.
