Cox, Charter merging?

[b4pjoe]

I was wondering about this. Spectrum is still operating under the terms of a deal with NY state where they got tons of money to build out service to rural areas that included a provision about no data caps AFAIK. However, if it technically becomes a new company, then they may try to get out of that deal. So glad I don't have to use Spectrum. Not that I use that much data, but I have used over 5TB in the past when working on a particular project.

I had not heard of the NY ban data caps for Charter. Charter had been prohibited from employing usage-based home broadband data policies and striking paid peering deals as conditions of its 2016 acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks that expired on May 18, 2023.

Charter did try to sunset those conditions two years early – on May 18, 2021. In January 2021, Charter withdrew the petition seeking the early sunset, noting in part that the pandemic's impact on broadband connectivity weighed into its decision. Charter has since said they have no plans to limit data. Of course with this merger of COX all bets are off.

 

[b4pjoe]

It is $148 for Spectrum Gigabit here.

When it became available here it was going to be $130 plus it is not 1 GB down/up. It was going to be 1 GB down but only 20 mbps up. They thought they were being generous to double the up speed from the regular 10 mbps up speed of their other plans. I didn't subscribe and have since been able to get true Gigabit service (1 GB up/down) from a local co-op for about half of what Spectrum was going to charge.

 

[Bruce]

Spectrum is ruthless in not giving any discounts in that sort of no competition area.

Amazing how that works, had the same issue with Comcast back in Michigan.

But, since I have moved, my old subdivision now has all three 5G options, Comcast, of course, has lowered their prices, it is now less expensive then when I moved in 2020.

Both Charter/Comcast must not understand how angry they make their customers with the type of pricing they do, cheaper in certain areas, more in others, people are usually extremely happy when they cancel, because they seem to hate the two companies because of their business practices ( not just pricing).

You would of believed they would understand, since the same thing happened with TV services, less expensive options popped up, people left, now they are losing broadband subscribers for the same reasons.

 

[Bruce]

When it became available here it was going to be $130 plus it is not 1 GB down/up. It was going to be 1 GB down but only 20 mbps up. They thought they were being generous to double the up speed from the regular 10 mbps up speed of their other plans. I didn't subscribe and have since been able to get true Gigabit service (1 GB up/down) from a local co-op for about half of what Spectrum was going to charge.

It is 40 up here, could of really used a faster up speed when I was working for Disney, while the video picture from them looked pristine on my end, they said from me to them looked terrible.

Hopefully, I will be hooked up this summer, speed is 2 down/up, but since I am retired (5th time retiring seems to be working this time, no desire to work finally), do not really need the faster up.

 

[comfortably_numb]

You would of believed they would understand, since the same thing happened with TV services, less expensive options popped up, people left, now they are losing broadband subscribers for the same reasons.

Corporations are sociopathic. They don't give a sh*t.