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The
lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, accuses
Spectrum of systematically defrauding and misleading internet
service subscribers by promising service it knew it could not
deliver.
Online content that Spectrum could not deliver to customers
included Netflix, Facebook and gaming platforms, according to
the lawsuit. Schneiderman launched a probe into the matter in
October.
Charter bought Time Warner Cable last year and re-branded the
company as Spectrum.
Charter said in a statement that it was disappointed that the
Schneiderman filed the lawsuit regarding Time Warner Cable's
broadband speed advertisements that occurred prior to the
merger.
"Charter has already made substantial investments in the
interest of upgrading the Time Warner Cable systems and
delivering the best possible experience to customers," the
company said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Anjali Athavaley; Writing by
Anna Driver; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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