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Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

Screenshot, Ars Technica, Downdetector Credit: Screenshot, Ars Technica, Downdetector Over the past two decades, copper theft has emerged as a major problem in industries spanning plumbing, telephone and Internet connectivity, and others relying on the material, which is a good conductor of electricity and once sold at low prices. In 2008, the FBI warned that… Read More: Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers »

Charter loses home Internet customers, blames end of COVID subsidy program

Enlarge / Charter CEO Tom Rutledge speaks during The New York Times DealBook conference in New York on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) The two largest home Internet providers in the US both lost subscribers in the second quarter of 2022. On Friday, Charter Communications reported a loss of 42,000 residential… Read More: Charter loses home Internet customers, blames end of COVID subsidy… »

Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with no competition

Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum service truck in McKinney, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. reader comments 78 with 63 posters participating Share this story It’s no surprise that cable companies charge lower prices for broadband when they face competition from fiber-to-the-home services. But an article yesterday by Stop the Cap provides a good example… Read More: Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with… »

T-Mobile hits back at AT&T and Verizon after spectrum-hoarding accusations

Enlarge / T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert speaks during a keynote at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. reader comments 47 with 40 posters participating Share this story T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert yesterday fired back at AT&T and Verizon, saying the carriers’ complaints about T-Mobile obtaining more spectrum licenses show that… Read More: T-Mobile hits back at AT&T and Verizon after spectrum-hoarding accusations »