STATEMENT OF
CHAIRMAN AJIT PAI
Re: Charter Communications Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc., and Advance/Newhouse Partnership; 
For Consent to Assign of Transfer Control of Licenses and Authorizations, MB Docket No. 15-
149.
My top priority is making sure that any American who wants high-speed Internet access is able to 
get it.  Today, we take another step toward achieving that goal.
Last year, Charter Communications agreed to build broadband out to two million new customers 
as part of its merger with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.  Unfortunately, the FCC 
appended an “overbuild” condition to the order, requiring that half of those new locations be already 
served by another provider.  Since these one million overbuilt deployments would be credited against the 
total, it would substantially reduce buildout to unserved areas.  This is like telling two people you will 
buy them dinner, ordering two entrées, and then sending both to just one of your companions.
This condition was not and is not in the public interest, and it runs directly against the goal of 
promoting greater Internet access for all Americans.
Following our decision today, Charter Communications is still obligated to build out to two 
million new locations.  The difference now is that the beneficiaries will be consumers currently on the 
wrong side of the digital divide.  That’s a major difference, and one that will go a long way toward 
helping deliver online opportunity to all Americans.