Telco pledges $43 million for rural DSL
Rural telco Fairpoint Communications has pledged to invest almost $43 million to outfit rural telecom customers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with DSL–if the Federal Communications Commission and regulators in all three states approve FairPoint’s bid to merge its operation with rural access lines spun off from Verizon in those states. This deal, worth more than $2 billion, was announced last January.
Problem is, there’s apparent opposition from some utilities experts and consumer advocates who are concerned about the ability of FairPoint, which is the 17th largest telco in the nation, to handle the bigger responsibilities this deal entails.
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