CenturyLink Seeks Extension of Emergency Impairment to Flooded Area
CenturyLink is exploring whether it can get state broadband grant funds to help defray the cost of rebuilding a Florence, Colorado, wire center damaged by flooding in mid-July 2018, it said Monday in FCC docket 19-69. Qwest, which does business…
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as CenturyLink, filed an application of emergency impairment in September 2018 and has filed extensions since then, including the further request posted Monday. "The most efficient path to service restoration remains dependent on the reconstruction of critical infrastructure in the area," it said, noting an unstable road not expected to be rebuilt soon. CenturyLink supplied affected customers with free satellite phones and will transition customers to subsidies for voice and broadband service from HughesNet or Viasat.