Pai to Staff: 'Carefully' Watch Frontier Development on Minnesota Probe
Chairman Ajit Pai asked FCC staff to "carefully ... monitor" a Frontier Communications "development" -- a Minnesota investigation -- he wrote the state's U.S. senators. Democrats' Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith noted a January report (see 1901140002) on the telco's…
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customer service issues. The Minnesota Commerce Department "questions whether the information provided by Frontier to the" FCC "proves sufficient for regulators to execute oversight of the company and to determine whether Frontier is meeting performance obligations," the legislators wrote Pai March 13. "Frontier has reported to the FCC that it has met or exceeded each of its deployment milestones in" Connect America Fund-eligible areas in the state and the Public Utility Commission "has annually certified to the" FCC "that Frontier used the high-cost funds appropriately," Pai replied April 26, posted Monday. "Nevertheless, the FCC will remain vigilant to ensure that our rules are observed and taxpayer funds respected." The "letter speaks for itself," responded a Frontier spokesperson Tuesday.