Frontier Updates FCC on Census Blocks Where It's Seeking CAF I Round 2 Support
Frontier updated the FCC on the areas where it plans to offer internet access using Connect America Fund Phase I Round 2 incremental broadband subsidy support (see 1609080001). The telco previously filed a list of census blocks it believed were…
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"unserved" and thus eligible for the support, but some parties said they serve some of those areas, said a Frontier filing Friday in docket 10-90. The carrier said it didn't include the challenged census blocks in attachments to the filing, but noted it had responded to the challenge of one party, StarTouch Broadband Services (see 1611220040), and would certify those census blocks as unserved later if it receives a favorable decision, which it believes is likely to occur. "We submitted 3,146 census blocks for approval back in August and we received challenges for a total of 701 of those census blocks. We have removed all of those census blocks as part of the certification we submitted [Friday] with the detailed location information," a Frontier official emailed. In a separate filing, the carrier attached a list of 515 other census blocks it plans to include in its CAF I Round 2 deployments.