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Frontier Awarded $6.5 Million Grant to Expand Fiber Broadband Service to Unserved and Underserved Communities in Knox County, Illinois
Frontier received $6.5 million in Connect Illinois grant funding to expand high-speed fiber broadband service in rural Knox County. The grant from the Illinois Office of Broadband, along with $1.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding committed by the Knox County Board, will accelerate our expansion of our fiber-optic network in the county. With this grant, we will bring fast, reliable connectivity to homes and businesses in rural Knox County, boosting economic and educational opportunities for the county.
Frontier Reports First-Quarter 2024 Results
Frontier Communications reported first-quarter 2024 results. Highlights include:
Frontier Reports Third-Quarter 2023 Results
Frontier Communications Parent reported third-quarter 2023 results. The company passed 332,000 new fiber locations and added 79,000 fiber broadband customers, resulting in fiber broadband customer growth of 19% year-over-year.
Frontier Adds Record Fiber Broadband Customers in Q4 2022
Frontier added 75,000 fiber broadband customers in the fourth quarter of 2022, a new record for the company and 17% more fiber broadband customers than it had at the end of 2021. For the fifth consecutive quarter, fiber broadband customer additions outpaced copper broadband customer losses, resulting in 8,000 total broadband customer net additions in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Frontier boosts cost cutting target to $400 million, adds 66,000 fiber subscribers
Frontier Communications closed in on some key milestones for its business in Q3:
Frontier Launches First Ever Social Impact Program Broadband for Good
Frontier is launching its first-ever social impact program, Broadband for Good. The new program will use Frontier’s fiber technology to advance digital inclusion and strengthen the communities it serves. Frontier is Building Gigabit America, the digital infrastructure that enables high-speed, reliable connectivity.
Frontier Files Response on Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Challenge
On May 1, 2020, Frontier respond to NTCA, NRECA and WISPA, who questioned claims made in Frontier’s challenge to the list of census blocks deemed initially eligible in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Phase I auction. Frontier confirmed the vast majority of the census blocks listed in its challenge represent existing builds, including those undertaken as part of the Connect America Fund II program over the past five years.
Frontier Misses CAF Broadband Deployment Milestone
Frontier provided the Federal Communications Commission notice that, based on its current year-end data, it met or exceeded the FCC Connect America Fund Phase II program’s December 31, 2019 interim broadband deployment milestone in 16 states, but, based on preliminary year-end data, it may not have reached the CAF Phase II 80 percent interim deployment milestone in 13 states. More information by March 1, 2020.
Frontier reaches over 275K broadband customers in California with CAF-II help
Frontier has extended broadband service to over 275,000 households across CA, using a mix of its own capital and the Federal Communications Commission's Connect America Fund Phase II program funding.