For The Inter-Mountain
CHARLESTON The union representation of the state and nation’s telecommunication workers is siding with Frontier Communications as Republican lawmakers call on the Federal Communications Commission to closely scrutinize Frontier’s winning bid for rural broadband projects.
Ed Mooney, the vice president of the Communications Workers of America District 2-13, wrote a letter to the FCC encouraging the federal agency to reject the calls by congressional and state lawmakers to review the winning bid by Frontier in phase I of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction.
“CWA has been a long-time leader in advocating for expanded broadband access, improvements to Frontier’s services quality in West Virginia, and accountability for customers,” Mooney wrote. “Frontier is a major broadband provider in West Virginia and has the resources and experienced workforce necessary to deploy service to additional locations. It would be unrealistic to achieve
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CHARLESTON The union representation of the state and nation’s telecommunication workers is siding with Frontier Communications as Republican lawmakers call on the Federal Communications Commission to closely scrutinize Frontier’s winning bid for rural broadband projects.
Ed Mooney, the vice president of the Communications Workers of America District 2-13, wrote a letter to the FCC encouraging the federal agency to reject the calls by congressional and state lawmakers to review the winning bid by Frontier in phase I of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction.
“CWA has been a long-time leader in advocating for expanded broadband access, improvements to Frontier’s services quality in West Virginia, and accountability for customers,” Mooney wrote. “Frontier is a major broadband provider in West Virginia and has the resources and experienced workforce necessary to deploy service to additional locations. It would be unrealistic to achi
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CHARLESTON The union representing the state and nation’s telecommunication workers is siding with Frontier Communications as Republican lawmakers call on the Federal Communications Commission to closely scrutinize Frontier’s winning bid for rural broadband projects.
Ed Mooney, the vice president of the Communications Workers of America District 2-13, wrote a letter to the FCC encouraging the federal agency to reject calls by congressional and state lawmakers to review the winning bid by Frontier in Phase I of the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction.
“CWA has been a longtime leader in advocating for expanded broadband access, improvements to Frontier’s services quality in West Virginia, and accountability for customers,” Mooney wrote.
For The Inter-Mountain
CHARLESTON The West Virginia Public Service Commission could approve Frontier Communication’s bankruptcy reorganization plan next month, though Frontier plans to use its winning bid of federal rural broadband dollars to sweeten the deal, raising concerns.
Last Friday, the PSC made available the joint stipulation and settlement agreement between Frontier, PSC staff, and PSC Consumer Advocate Division, and the Communication Workers of America union. If approved by the full commission on Tuesday, Jan. 19, West Virginia would be the 11th state to accept Frontier’s bankruptcy reorganization plan.
According to the proposed agreement, Frontier’s operations in West Virginia would be known as “InvestCo.” As part of the designation, Frontier agreed to voluntarily deploy gigabit broadband services to no less than 150,000 locations in West Virginia by Dec. 31, 2027.