FTC OKs time warner ISPs.(Time Warner Cable adds unaffiliated Internet service providers)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, January, 2002 by Hearn, Ted
Time Warner Cable has received permission to add four unaffiliated Internet service providers to compete with the proprietary high-speed access service provided by America Online.
The Federal Trade Commission approved the deals on Dec. 21. When the FTC approved the merger between America Online Inc. and Time Warner Cable parent Time Warner Inc. in December 2000, the agency required the new company to add competing ISPs to its cable network.
Time Warner Cable's privately negotiated deals with New York Connect.Net Ltd., Internet Junction Corp., Internet US. Ltd. and STIC.NET got the commission's nod. The FTC transmitted its consent in a one-page letter to Robert D. Joffe, a lawyer with Cravath, Swaine & Moore, who negotiated the merger terms with...
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