The time constant gives the time in seconds during which the voltage between the terminating wires of a charged capacitor decreases to 37% due to self-discharging. With capacitance values in the ÂµF range, the time constant at the time of delivery is usually between 2000 and 4000 seconds.
According to the company website, Charter Communications became a publicly traded company in 1999, so it is owned by shareholders. As of May 2014, Thomas M. Rutledge is the president and CEO.
Charter Communications was incorporated in Delaware in 1993. The company initially grew mostly through acquisitions. By 1998, Charter was serving over 1 million customers. By 2002, that number grew to 6.8 million. The company went public in 1999 after acquiring 10 companies in the previous year. In 2005, four former executives were indicted for inflating subscriber base numbers.