An update on Spectrum and their dispute with the State of New York

As you may recall back in August, I wrote a story about Spectrum losing their right to operate in the State of New York after they failed to meet their goals for expanding broadband into the rural parts of the state. In July, Charter, the parent company of Spectrum, was given 60 days to come up with a plan to exit the state. That deadline was later extended to November 8 and the New York Public Service Commission voted last week to grant them yet another extension, until December 24, to come up with a plan. In granting the extension, the Commissioners noted that they felt that talks with Charter had been productive and that they hoped to continue negotiating. Charter has said that they will likely pursue legal action if the talks prove unfruitful and Charter is ultimately told to exit the state.

Broadband expansion has certainly been an issue in multiple state legislative races in rural New York (see here and here) so there is clearly a lot of interest. Let's see how this issue plays out in the coming weeks and months ahead.