Time Warner Cable-Charter Concerns Voiced at Tuesday’s California Hearing

Charter Communications and its merger partners heard plenty of praise — mostly for its diversity goals — but also pointed critiques over its plans to operate in California during a crowded public hearing Tuesday night before an administrative law judge with the California Public Utilities Commission. Many of the questions raised by critics of the proposed $78.7 billion merger of Charter with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, focused on the fuzziness of the local details being presented by the applicants regarding how the transaction would impact millions of customers in Southern California, particularly low-income Internet broadband users.