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10-26-2015, 04:28 AM
REUTERS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
The New York attorney general is probing whether three major Internet providers could be short-changing consumers by charging them for faster broadband speeds and failing to deliver the speeds being advertised, according to documents seen by Reuters.
The letters, which were sent on Friday to executives at Verizon Communications Inc, Cablevision Systems Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, ask each company to provide copies of all the disclosures they have made to customers, as well as copies of any testing they may have done to study their Internet speeds.
"New Yorkers deserve the Internet speeds they pay for. But, it turns out, many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement.
Time Warner Cable spokesman Bobby Amirshahi said in a statement: “We're confident that we provide our customers the speeds and services we promise them and look forward to working with the AG to resolve this matter.”
Cablevision spokesman Charlie Schueler said the company's Optimum Online service "consistently surpasses advertised broadband speeds, including in FCC and internal tests. We are happy to provide any necessary performance information to the Attorney General as we do to our customers.”
Verizon declined comment, saying it had not yet seen the letter.
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I am rreally curious to see how this one turns out.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015
The New York attorney general is probing whether three major Internet providers could be short-changing consumers by charging them for faster broadband speeds and failing to deliver the speeds being advertised, according to documents seen by Reuters.
The letters, which were sent on Friday to executives at Verizon Communications Inc, Cablevision Systems Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, ask each company to provide copies of all the disclosures they have made to customers, as well as copies of any testing they may have done to study their Internet speeds.
"New Yorkers deserve the Internet speeds they pay for. But, it turns out, many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement.
Time Warner Cable spokesman Bobby Amirshahi said in a statement: “We're confident that we provide our customers the speeds and services we promise them and look forward to working with the AG to resolve this matter.”
Cablevision spokesman Charlie Schueler said the company's Optimum Online service "consistently surpasses advertised broadband speeds, including in FCC and internal tests. We are happy to provide any necessary performance information to the Attorney General as we do to our customers.”
Verizon declined comment, saying it had not yet seen the letter.
http://reut.rs/1O1YgBy
I am rreally curious to see how this one turns out.