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Re:Vermont proposes providing broadband internet service to ... by jessaustin on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:20AM (#23235136)
I don't know anything about Windstream, but Frontier is another firm (others include FairPoint and Hawaiian Telcom) that tried to find a business in Verizon's trash bin. In every case, poor service and bankruptcy was what they found instead. Regulators knew they shouldn't let VZN divest from these customer bases, so they imposed some fig-leaf requirements that didn't accomplish anything.
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Re:Vermont proposes providing broadband internet service to ... by taborj on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:36AM (#23235321)
> but Frontier is another firm (others include FairPoint and Hawaiian Telcom) that tried to find a business in Verizon's trash bin

Can confirm; now our ISP/telco is Ziply Fiber, whoever they are.

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Re:Vermont proposes providing broadband internet service to ... by Wistar on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:22AM (#23235830)
Ziply is small, headquartered in Kirkland, WA. So far, they have managed to get local TV station KIRO 7 back on their lineup after 2 years of Frontier refusing to pay what KIRO's owners, Cox Communications, were asking.

The monthly bill has gotten totally out of hand, though.

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