Charter’s monthly service fee for its ‘whole house’ inside wire m...

Charter’s monthly service fee for its “whole house” inside wire maintenance plan covering all communications lines, including satellite, telephone and cable in customer’s residence, isn’t subject to cable rate regulation, FCC said. Responding to clarification sought by Charter, Cable Bureau said company’s plan would be in direct competition with monthly maintenance plans offered by LECs. Saying Charter would continue to offer consumers who didn’t opt for whole house plan regulated hourly service charge, bureau said it found that whole house plan was comparable with LEC-offered telephone maintenance plans and LEC’s plan would exert competitive market pressure on cable plan.