Frontier's Authority Issue 'Unfounded': Minn. Agency
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission should deny reconsideration sought by Frontier Communications of an order setting the scope of a probe into how the company’s investment plans and “virtual separation” could affect service quality, the Minnesota Commerce Department said Wednesday…
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in docket 21-150. Frontier argued last week the state lacked internet jurisdiction (see 2110190053). The telco "merely restates prior arguments about the scope of Commission authority,” the department said: That argument is "unfounded" and Frontier’s “unwillingness to cooperate in this proceeding is inconsistent with its conduct in similar proceedings in other states.”