The FCC granted Charter a temporary waiver of emergency alert sys...
The FCC granted Charter a temporary waiver of emergency alert system (EAS) rules for 153 systems in 24 states. Cable systems with fewer than 5,000 subscribers are required by Oct. 1, 2002, to provide national level EAS messages on…
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all programmed channels, or on at least one programmed channel with video interrupts and audio alerts on all other programmed channels. Charter contended that it would cost $6,000-$10,000 to install the equipment for each system, totaling $876,000-$1.46 million. The FCC agreed that would pose a financial hardship and agreed to waivers until Oct. 1, 2005. The systems are in Ala., Cal., Ga., Va., W.Va., Tex., among other states.