# Charter Seeks FCC Permission to Impose Data Caps and Charge Fees to Video Services

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/charter-seeks-fcc-permission-to-impose-data-caps-and-charge-fees-to-video-services/94083>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** tools, streaming\
**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/charter-seeks-fcc-permission-to-impose-data-caps-and-charge-fees-to-video-services/94083 "2020-06-27T15:51:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![TheStrength](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thestrength/32/46753_2.png) [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/charter-seeks-fcc-permission-to-impose-data-caps-and-charge-fees-to-video-services/94083/1 "2020-06-27T15:51:35Z")

</div>

![](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/data-cash-Aurich-Lawson-Getty-640x360.jpg)

“Charter Communications has [asked federal regulators for permission to impose data caps on broadband users](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/charter-seeks-fcc-ok-to-impose-data-caps-and-charge-fees-to-video-services/) and to seek interconnection payments from large online video providers, starting next year,” writes Ars Technica.

Long-time Slashdot reader [Proudrooster](https://tech.slashdot.org/~Proudrooster) shares their report:

_Charter, unlike other ISPs, isn’t allowed to impose data caps and faces limits on charges for interconnection payments because of conditions applied to its 2016 [purchase](https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/03/17/1357203/fcc-set-to-approve-charter-time-warner-cable-merger) of Time Warner Cable. The conditions were imposed by the Federal Communications Commission for seven years and are scheduled to elapse in May 2023. Last week, Charter submitted a [petition](https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10617776920059/Charter%20Merger%20Conditions%20Sunset%20Petition%20(6-17-20).pdf) asking the FCC to let the conditions run out on May 18, 2021 instead. The FCC is [seeking public comment](https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/0622272439013/DA-20-652A1.pdf) on the petition…_

 

When it sought FCC permission for the merger, it [told the FCC](https://transition.fcc.gov/transaction/charter-twc-bhn/charter-twc-bhn-public-interest.pdf) that it provides service “without any data caps, usage-based pricing, or modem fees” and that it “has been involved in no notable disputes over traffic management and has long practiced network neutrality.”

_When contacted by Ars yesterday, Charter said it doesn’t “currently” plan to impose data caps or change its interconnection policy, but it wants the option to do so._