Broadband Expansion Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (‘96 Act), bipartisan legislation signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The ‘96 Act represented the first significant overhaul of our nation’s telecommunications law in over six decades. February 08, 2021
Broadband Expansion Charter Announces $5 Billion Initiative to Connect Unserved Americans February 05, 2021
Network Investment and Access Increasing the Impact of the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program The challenges of a global pandemic have made broadband internet service more important than ever for nearly every aspect of daily life. And yet, broadband internet service remains out of reach for millions of Americans. The consequences for those who struggle to get connected will be significant, particularly for K-12 students. January 26, 2021
Broadband Expansion More Opportunity for More Americans: Advancing Access to Broadband, Improvi... The challenges of 2020 urgently laid bare the divide between those who are able to harness the power of reliable, high-speed internet service and those who are not. Broadband internet access is more important than ever to education, employment, healthcare, and daily life. Yet tens of millions of households and businesses – especially among vulnerable communities and in rural areas – still lack access or have not adopted broadband internet service. January 21, 2021
Broadband Expansion Expanding Rural Broadband to 18,000 on Virginia’s Eastern Shore Small business operator Timothy Smith, owner of a local estate liquidation and fine woodworking shop in the small town of Onancock, Virginia, struggled to hear his customers on the phone and waited too long for images to load on his computer. Like far too many rural areas in the US, Accomack and Northampton counties on Virginia’s Eastern Shore have struggled with access to broadband connectivity. January 13, 2021
Network Investment and Access Charter CEO: Working Together with the Biden Administration to Connect Amer... CNN Business asked some of America’s leading CEOs what they’d like to see from the new administration and where they see opportunities to work with the incoming Biden team. December 16, 2020
Broadband Expansion Rural Broadband Solutions: How to Quickly Close the Gap Connectivity is a game changer, and high-speed broadband access can create new opportunities for more people to thrive in the 21st Century regardless of whether they live in a small town or an urban center. But too many Americans remain unconnected, the vast majority – 82% of them according to the Federal Communications Commission – live in rural areas. November 05, 2020
Broadband Expansion Investing in What Matters to Power Opportunity Anywhere According to the FCC, 97% of Americans in urban areas have access to high-speed broadband, but in rural areas that number falls to just 65%. Charter is committed to supporting America’s rural communities and connecting them with the life-changing possibilities broadband creates. Over the last two years, we increased the reach of our 41-state network to more than 1.5 million additional homes and businesses, nearly one-third of those were in rural areas. September 16, 2020
Network Investment and Access Charter Communications Expands in El Paso Charter Communications, Inc., The Borderplex Alliance, The City of El Paso and El Paso County are pleased to announce the expansion of Charter’s Spectrum sales operation center and the creation of more than 350 new jobs in El Paso. September 15, 2020
Network Investment and Access Accelerating Access: More Broadband For More Americans Charter was proud to see that our hard work and investments in our network continue to pay off for our customers. Spectrum Internet from Charter was reported to have the fastest, most consistent download speeds for the third consecutive report in a row. We exceeded 100% of our advertised upload and download speeds – on all three speed tiers that were measured. July 14, 2020
Network Investment and Access Fostering an Inclusive EnvironmentSpectrum Originals Debuts Thriller Crime ... Spectrum Originals goes underground with the premiere of the Mark Strong-fronted crime drama, TEMPLE, on Monday, March 9. Heartfelt and darkly comic, the gripping eight-part series will drop ad-free exclusively on Spectrum’s On Demand platform. For a sneak peek of the series February 13, 2020