Slartibartfast wrote: ↑Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:59 pm
they're getting kicked out of NY
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/nyre ... dband.html
Looks like Cuomo currying favor with cable co. haters.
...............The Public Service Commission’s decision is the latest and most aggressive offensive in a prolonged battle between Charter, which operates under the brand name Spectrum and employs more than 11,000 New Yorkers, and Mr. Cuomo, who has accused the company of reneging on its promises to expand broadband service to rural areas of the state.
At an unrelated news conference after the decision, Mr. Cuomo said Charter had repeatedly refused the state’s efforts to hold it responsible.
“Some of these large corporations think they can get away with murder, right?†he said. “Just because you’re a big corporation doesn’t mean you can come into this state and bully the consumers of this state. It’s not going to happen.â€
In its decision, the commission invoked the language of morality, declaring in a statement that in light of the company’s “egregious†and “wholly deficient†performance, it could “no longer in good faith and conscience†allow it to do business in New York.
Spectrum officials suggested that the move may have been politically motivated, noting that Election Day was nearing. The governor has steadily escalated his rhetoric against the company recently, as the embattled provider has fended off both Mr. Cuomo’s charges of malfeasance and an unrelated workers’ strike that has lasted more than a year.
“In the weeks leading up to an election, rhetoric often becomes politically charged,†the company said in a statement. “But the fact is that Spectrum has extended the reach of our advanced broadband network to more than 86,000 New York homes and businesses since our merger agreement.â€
Mr. Cuomo is facing an aggressive challenge on his left flank from the other Democratic candidate for governor, Cynthia Nixon, as well as attacks by the Republican candidate, the Dutchess County executive, Marcus J. Molinaro.
While the feud between the state and Charter has stretched over months, Friday’s decision arrived abruptly, announced after a vote at a hastily called special meeting of the commission in Albany......
The commission had previously ordered Charter to pay a $2 million fine for its slow broadband rollout. Mr. Cuomo has also threatened the company with legal action — a fact the governor brought up at a news conference earlier this month, where he told a reporter from NY1, Spectrum’s local news affiliate, that he didn’t want to argue with him because “I already have a lawsuit with your station, as you know.†The governor’s office later said the comment was a joke and that he had been referring to the broadband dispute.
That, and whose tax money pays for all that government provided fiber????
