Frontier Communications plans to extend its fiber-optic network to an additional 280,000 consumers in Connecticut this year.
In a statement released this week, the Norwalk-based telecommunications company said the rollout marks the first phase of a multi-year expansion effort aimed at bringing faster, more reliable internet service to more customers.
“This infrastructure investment stems from Frontier’s belief that access to high-speed broadband is critical to building a digital society, enhancing community inclusion and helping the environment,” said Julie Murtagh, senior vice president of Frontier’s Connecticut operations. “I am confident communities will see Frontier in a new way once they experience the power of fiber-optic technology.”
The company said it is already at work expanding fiber-optic access in dozens of communities, including in the Greater Hartford area. Bloomfield, Bristol, Cheshire, Hartford, Manchester, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Southington, Vernon and West Hartford, among other towns and cities, are all on the list.
Frontier emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy this spring after reducing its debt by approximately $11 billion. Company officials have said their goal is to convert the firm’s existing copper-based network to fiber while reaching millions of new households and businesses over the next few years.
