New York sues Charter, alleges Time Warner fraud on Internet speeds

A Charter Communications company store sign is pictured in Long Beach, California, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

NEW YORK: New York filed a lawsuit on Feb 1 accusing Charter Communications Inc of short-changing customers who were promised faster Internet speeds than it could deliver. 

The lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Manhattan accused Charter's Spectrum unit, until recently known as Time Warner Cable, of systematically defrauding customers since 2012 by promising and charging for services it knew it could not offer.