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New York launches probe into speeds at big Internet broadband providers

New York state’s attorney general is probing whether three major Internet providers could be shortchanging consumers by charging them for faster broadband speeds and failing to deliver the speeds being advertised, according to documents seen by Reuters. The letters, sent on Friday to executives at Verizon Communications Inc , Cablevision Systems Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc , ask each company to provide copies of all disclosures they have made

New York launches probe into speeds at big Internet broadband providers

New York state’s attorney general is probing whether three major Internet providers could be shortchanging consumers by charging them for faster broadband speeds and failing to deliver the speeds being advertised, according to documents seen by Reuters. The letters, sent on Friday to executives at Verizon Communications Inc , Cablevision Systems Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc , ask each company to provide copies of all disclosures they have made