Comcast tells Connecticut, other states it will delay internet data cap, price hike
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Cable TV and internet provider Comcast seemed headed for a showdown with the attorneys general of Connecticut and Pennsylvania over plans to enforce broadband service data caps and surcharges.
But on Wednesday, the Philadephia-based company bought a little extra time to figure out its next move.
Comcast officials said the company will suspend until July the implementation of its data caps and new fees for heavy users of the company’s high speed internet service in more than a dozen states. Prior to Wednesday’s announcement, the data cap and surcharges were set to begin in March.
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FCC approves Frontier Communications bankruptcy plan
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A file photo of Frontier Communications trucks in Norwalk, Conn.Alexander Soule / Hearst Connecticut Media
The Federal Communications Commission approved Frontier Communications’ plan to eliminate debt through bankruptcy, which shifts control of the Norwalk-based company to creditors.
This comes on the heels of a preliminary OK from Connecticut regulators, provided the company accelerates its rollout of broadband over fiber optic cable among other conditions.
Last month, Frontier hired a Vodafone veteran to lead it after a bankruptcy that was the result of debt it incurred in 2016 to take over Verizon Communications territories in Florida, Texas and California. The company entered the Connecticut market in 2014 with the $2 billion acquisition of the Southern New England Telephone operations run previously by AT&T.