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Frontier Submits Additional Response to FCC About Verizon Wireline Purchase

In addition to its July 17 response to FCC questions about its proposed buy of Verizon's wireline services in California, Texas and Florida (see 1506180038), Frontier filed additional comment with the FCC Tuesday touting its previous rural broadband expansion efforts.…

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The letter is the third in a series of responses by Frontier meant to address questions raised by the commission on Frontier's ability to take over and improve on Verizon's current wireline services in the three states. Tuesday's submission gave examples of Frontier's previous broadband expansion efforts after purchases in 2010 and 2014 of Verizon wireline exchanges in several states, citing specific areas in both California and Connecticut in which Frontier says it significantly increased broadband availability.