Acquired Systems and Connect America Fund Subsidies Help Frontier to Grow Broadband

As Frontier Communications, Inc. prepares for its acquisition of Verizon’s systems in Florida, Texas, and California, the company is pushing hard to move more of its subscribers to higher-speed data services and to increase its bundled penetration.

The company has leveraged its earlier acquisitions of Verizon territories—including some FiOS systems—and AT&T’s Connecticut system to increase the number of customers that subscriber to higher-speed tiers.

CAF Funding Pays for Almost 25,000 Broadband Upgrades in Q1.

Frontier has also deployed system upgrades in its legacy systems using subsidies made available through the Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I program. The company has ...