Deny the Comcast merger, don't try to fix it with conditions urges CPUC ratepayer advocates
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If it’s that broke, trash it.
Comments are coming thick and fast regarding the proposed decision by a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) administrative law judge to approve, with conditions, the mega-merger and market swap between Comcast, Time-Warner and Charter Communications. I’m still working my way through the stack – the CPUC posted the documents yesterday – but one of the filings, from the CPUC’s office of ratepayer advocates (ORA) jumps out.
As it has all along, ORA is urging outright rejection of the transactions…
… MoreAs the [proposed decision (PD)] correctly concludes, the Joint Applicants [i.e.