(Telecompaper) Cable operator Charter has agreed to pay a record USD 174.2 million in order to settle a consumer fraud case in New York. Of the total, USD 62.5 million will go directly to customers as refunds. The Attorney General of New York believes the amount represents the largest-ever payout to consumers by an ISP in US history. This is the first settlement to result from the Attorney General's investigation of broadband service in New York. Charter earlier operated as Time Warner Cable and then as Charter brand Spectrum.