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Frontier lied about Internet speeds and “ripped off customers,” FTC says

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Steven Puetzer) The Federal Trade Commission today said it “has moved to stop Internet service provider Frontier Communications from lying to consumers and charging them for high-speed Internet speeds it fails to deliver.” Frontier was sued by the FTC in May 2021, and on Thursday, it agreed to a settlement […]

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Frontier agrees to fiber-network expansion in plan to exit bankruptcy

Enlarge / A Frontier Communications van. (credit: Getty Images | jetcityimage) Frontier Communications has agreed to expand its fiber-to-the-premises network and improve its poor service quality as part of a bankruptcy settlement in California. Frontier committed to deploy fiber to 350,000 homes and businesses within six years on a schedule that would require the first […]

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Bankrupt Frontier Earns more FCC Cash despite Routine of missing deadlines

Expand / / A Frontier Communications agency van. (charge: Mike Mozart / / Flickr) An Republican US senator from West Virginia has requested the authorities to obstruct broadband financing allowed for Frontier Communications, stating that the ISP isn’t effective at delivering gigabit-speed online support to all necessary places. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) summarized […]