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Fcc: Charter Can Buy Cox, Become Largest Isp In Us

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Ars Technica reports:

Charter Communications, operator of the Spectrum cable brand, has obtained Federal Communications Commission permission to buy Cox and surpass Comcast as the country’s largest home Internet service provider.

Charter has 29.7 million residential and business Internet customers compared to Comcast’s 31.26 million. Buying Cox will give Charter another 5.9 million Internet customers. The FCC approved the deal on Friday, but the companies still need Justice Department approval and sign-offs from states including California and New York.

Opponents of Charter’s $34.5 billion acquisition told the FCC that eliminating Cox as an independent entity will make it easier for Charter and Comcast to raise prices.

Read the full article.

Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US – Ars Technica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…

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