Did Comcast Wait Until California Deregulatory Lawrnto Reveal It Published 74,000 Unlisted Numbers?

摘要

Comcast faces questions in California about whether it waited to tell regulators it mistakenly revealed the unpublished listings of 74,000 people, including domestic violence victims hiding from attackers, until the passage of a state law the company now says shields it from penalties. The case had been seen as significant by local and national consumer advocates as a test of state regulatory authority during the IP transition. It took on added weight in mid-May when critics of Comcast's paying about $66 billion including debt for Time Warner Cable used it as ammunition against the deal. (See separate report in this issue.)