Rockefeller Urges Scrutiny Of Verizon Deal

Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller (D-WV) has quietly urged the Federal Communications Commission to closely scrutinize Verizon's plan to unload its rural assets in 14 states to Frontier Communications, a deal that critics insist would leave customers without the latest broadband technologies. Chairman Rockefeller is reportedly so worried about the impact on his home state of West Virginia that he met late last month with Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg and over the summer with Frontier Chairman and CEO Maggie Wilderotter to convey his concerns.