Union: Stronger conditions should have been placed on Frontier as utility emerges from bankruptcy
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Frontier Communications trucks in the field in Norwalk, Conn., on Feb. 5, 2018.Alexander Soule / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Frontier workers place a new pole on Reid Street in Fairfield, Conn. on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Frontier provides high-speed Internet, video, TV & phone services.Cathy Zuraw / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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A union representing Frontier Communications workers in Connecticut said the state’s approval of a plan for the Norwalk-based utility company to leave bankruptcy was “a missed opportunity.”
“(Wednesday’s) decision commits Frontier to expanding its fiber footprint and provides additional protections for Frontier technicians and customer service representatives who are necessary to improving service in Connecticut,” said Dave Weidlich, president of the Communications Workers of Ame
Connecticut union local wants more concessions from Frontier Communications in regulatory ruling
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1of2The 401 Merritt 7 headquarters office of Frontier Communications in Norwalk, Conn.Photo: Alexander Soule/Hearst Connecticut Media
2of2The Frontier Communications building on Orange Street in New Haven photographed on January 20, 2021.Photo: Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media
The union representing workers at Frontier Communications in Connecticut is calling on state utility regulators to require stronger commitments from the Norwalk-based telecommunications company as it attempts to get out of bankruptcy.
Officials with Communications Workers of America Local 1298 want the state’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to demand more of Frontier when the regulatory agency issues its final decision on Wednesday regarding the company’s plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The union, which is based in Hamden, made its request
Opinion: Frontier can provide better broadband; the state should hold it accountable By Dave Weidlich
The headquarters building of Frontier Communications
Amid unprecedented isolation and loss, Americans are trying to continue our lives as close to normal as possible, and that means staying connected to friends, loved ones, medical providers, colleagues and our children’s teachers via the internet. For those with school-age children and those working fully remotely, reliable connectivity becomes essential. We can no longer accept subpar service and poor internet quality in this “new normal,” and as Connecticut’s very own service provider, Frontier Communications, emerges from bankruptcy, the state has an opportunity to demand better.
FCC approves Frontier Communications bankruptcy plan
Alexander Soule
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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.
By Jan Ellen Spiegel, CT Mirror
Connecticut is on the verge of changing one of the key financial underpinnings for residential solar electric systems, and, for the first time in more than a decade, it appears no one is complaining.
The change is in how solar owners are compensated for the excess power their systems produce at certain times. The rates for how that is calculated and structured will be altered, but in exchange, systems will be allowed more flexibility to accommodate future larger electricity needs.
Solar systems obviously don’t make any power at night – but during the day, they often make a lot more power than the house they’re sitting on needs. For the most part, that power is sold back to the grid.