Frontier satisfies state-mandated performance goals

Three years after taking over Verizon's West Virginia landline operations, Frontier Communications officials say the company has either met or exceeded state-mandated performance goals for improving local service.

When the state Public Service Commission approved Frontier's acquisition of the Verizon network in May 2010, it imposed several conditions as part of the transaction. Those included requiring the company to invest nearly $280 million to improve service quality and increase broadband deployment by the end of 2013. Regulators also said Frontier must ensure that at least 85 percent of households in the old Verizon network have broadband access by the end of 2014. Frontier officials now say they have satisfied regulators' requirements well ahead of schedule.