Louisiana is losing an $80 million grant intended to expand broadband service in the state. The grant was intended to help in deploying 900 miles of fiber to anchor institutions including universities, schools, libraries, healthcare facilities with…
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We’ve previously mentioned how the small town of Powell, Wyoming (population: 5,000) hoped to see an economic resurgence through the building of a $4.9 million fiber network through a public-private partnership with little to no taxpayer risk. Several …
The ink may be barely dry on nTelos’ (NASDAQ: NTLS) bid to acquire competitive provider FiberNet in its West Virginia home state, but already incumbent carrier Frontier (NYSE: FTR) wants conditions placed on the deal. When Frontier wrapped its acquisition of Verizon’s rural lines in July, it not only became West Virginia’s largest service provider [...]
Frontier’s (NYSE: FTR) mandate that union employees in its West Virginia have to work an average 70 hours work week to resolve lingering network and service issues is likely a move by the service provider to avoid the pitfalls that both Fairpoint (Other OTC: FRCMQ.PK) and Hawaiian Telecom faced after they purchased Verizon’s (NYSE:VZ) lines. West [...]
Frontier’s (NYSE: FTR) $8.5 billion acquisition of Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) rural phone lines, which was just completed right before the fourth of July holiday, is already posing carrier customer problems in its landmark West Virginia territory. According to a report in the Charleston Daily Mail, Frontier has been trying to keep up with a backlog [...]
It looks like Frontier (NYSE: FTR) isn’t the only West Va. provider making big telecom deals these days. Competitive provider FiberNet, the state’s second largest service provider, could be acquired. A report in the Charleston Daily Mail citing unnamed sources, said that FiberNet is looking for a buyer. FiberNet became a subsidiary of ONE Communications [...]