In the complaint, prosecutors accused Time Warner Cable of misleading subscribers, beginning in 2013, to get them to pay for internet speeds that the company couldn’t deliver. A few months later, Charter ditched the Time Warner Cable moniker and rebranded its cable TV, phone and internet service under the Spectrum banner. AdvertisementTime Warner Cable customers who were given outdated modems will receive as much as $180. In addition, the nearly 2 million Time Warner Cable internet customers in Southern California will be offered three free months of premium cable channel Showtime. Charter, for its part, has dramatically raised the internet speeds provided to customers since the Time Warner Cable takeover.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 20, 2020 18:04 UTC