Stamford’s Frontier Communications is Connecticut’s new largest provider of landline telephone services.
The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority voted Wednesday to approve Frontier’s $2 billion acquisition of AT&T’s wireline and triple-play business in Connecticut.
Through negotiations with the offices of the state’s Attorney General and Consumer Counsel, Frontier has pledged to invest more than $63 million in broadband Internet infrastructure, including $3 million to underserved areas.
Frontier has also promised to: freeze some pricing for at least three years; speed up utility pole inspections; subsidize broadband service for military veterans; and subsidize a health program run by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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