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Tag: Frontier Communications

Posted inBroadband

Flush with cash, West Virginia wants to fix its internet. But how?

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield May 5th, 2021May 6th, 2021

Legislators killed their own plan at the last minute. Now, consultants are being brought in to figure out how to spend more than $200 million.

Posted inBroadband

Frontier’s latest compromise with W.Va. regulators: $200 million but lots of questions

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield December 19th, 2020December 18th, 2020
Posted inBroadband

Trails, textbooks and towers: Here are the ‘broadband’ expenses W.Va. Gov. Justice charged to the CARES Act

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield December 18th, 2020December 17th, 2020
Posted inNews

Frontier has sucked up millions before without giving W.Va. good broadband. They’re about to get another chance

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield December 9th, 2020December 9th, 2020
Posted inBroadband

Faced with mounting evidence of misconduct, regulators mull Frontier’s fate in West Virginia

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield November 13th, 2020November 12th, 2020
Posted inNews

In this rural West Virginia community, a local cooperative is proving high-speed internet can work

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield October 13th, 2020November 12th, 2020
Posted inNews

Frontier pitched crucial new funding for West Virginia broadband. But the company’s history of scandals killed the proposal.

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield September 28th, 2020November 12th, 2020
Posted inNews

Bankruptcy, blackouts and broken broadband promises

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield September 17th, 2020November 12th, 2020

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