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Staff writer 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 Jan. 19, West Virginia would be the 11th state to accept Frontier’s bankruptcy reorganiz...

The West Virginia Public Service Commission headquarters in downtown Charleston. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) 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 commis...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com Last week, I pointed out an angle of attack the Democrats could use in 2022 against Republican lawmakers and 2020 candidates who stood on the steps of the Capitol and pledged $1 billion for broadband expansion. Again, they got to that $1 billion number by including the up to $766 million the state could have pulled down in the first phase of the Federal Communication Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, the $50 million the state originally set aside from the C.A.R.E.S. Act for broadband expansion, and $150 million spread out over three years alloca...

Last week, I pointed out an angle of attack the Democrats could use in 2022 against Republican lawmakers and 2020 candidates who stood on the steps of the Capitol and pledged $1 billion for broadband expansion. Again, they got to that $1 billion number by including the up to $766 million the state could have pulled down in the first phase of the Federal Communication Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, the $50 million the state originally set aside from the C.A.R.E.S. Act for broadband expansion, and $150 million spread out over three years allocated by the Legislature i...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com Last week, I pointed out an angle of attack the Democrats could use in 2022 against Republican lawmakers and 2020 candidates who stood on the steps of the Capitol and pledged $1 billion for broadband expansion. Again, they got to that $1 billion number by including the up to $766 million the state could have pulled down in the first phase of the Federal Communication Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction, the $50 million the state originally set aside from the C.A.R.E.S. Act for broadband expansion, and $150 million spread out over three years alloca...