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CenturyLink Says It's Poised to Comply With Final FCC Broadband Milestones in Qwest Deal

CenturyLink said it has "met or exceeded" all broadband deployment milestones so far included in FCC approval of its 2011 takeover of Qwest (see 1103210112). "The final set of milestones is April 1," said a company filing posted Friday in…

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docket 10-110 on a meeting with commission staffers. "CenturyLink explained that it has already exceeded the targets for 12 Mbps and 40 Mbps. We also explained that it appears that CenturyLink will exceed the 5 Mbps commitment, and is on track to meet the 1.5 Mbps commitment." CenturyLink also "discussed the proper treatment of living units" for which it received Connect America Fund Phase I or II support, "both of which we explained should be excluded from the calculations consistent with the relevant Commission orders."