In order to shield against the potential for any anti-consumer interconnection practices
following the merger, Cogent urged the Commission to find that the public interest requires
Altice to adopt a policy akin to the interconnection policy Charter has announced and clarified in
connection with its pending acquisition of TWC. While such a policy can and should be tailored
to the particular network attributes of the Altice/Cablevision network, what matters most is that it
reflect an unambiguous commitment to an interconnection protocol that will ensure robust
connectivity for consumers and avoid the sort of congestion and packet loss that leads directly to
degraded service.