Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US
Charter Communications, operator of the Spectrum cable brand, has obtained Federal Communications Commission permission to buy Cox and surpass Comcast as the country's largest home Internet service provider. Charter has
What happened
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Why it matters
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Sources
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/fcc-lets-charter-buy-cox-says-no-reason-to-worry-about-higher-internet-prices/
- https://corporate.charter.com/newsroom/charter-announces-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2025-results
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/comcast-keeps-losing-customers-despite-price-guarantee-and-unlimited-data/
- https://ir.charter.com/static-files/17f74638-d569-448c-be88-76d00f9c6fff
- https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-approves-charter-cox-combination
- https://corporate.charter.com/newsroom/charter-communications-and-cox-communications-announce-definitive-agreement-to-combine-companies