> What Charter really wants is the flexibility to buy up other cable companies in the future, and it'll have a harder time selling those deals to government regulators if Charter has been competing with the target firms the whole time.
So, FCC wants them to enter a territory to increase competition, and Charter says "we want to reduce competition down the road buying the competitor". FCC should simply make it a requirement, that Charter should be forbidden from buying competitors in that market. That's all, problem solved.
And Charter must be really stupid to claim they want to reduce competition when talking about monopoly restricting conditions for the merger.
So, FCC wants them to enter a territory to increase competition, and Charter says "we want to reduce competition down the road buying the competitor". FCC should simply make it a requirement, that Charter should be forbidden from buying competitors in that market. That's all, problem solved.
And Charter must be really stupid to claim they want to reduce competition when talking about monopoly restricting conditions for the merger.