FEISTY FRONTIER? WORKERS ALLEGE FRONTIER TORE DOWN FIBER CABLE

(04/22/2015)

Lumos Alleges Frontier Workers Tore Down Fiber By Eric Eyre for the Charleston Gazette A decision by Nicholas County schools to switch Internet providers has sparked a bitter dispute between Frontier Communications and Lumos Networks. Lumos alleges that Frontier workers cut down Lumos' fiber cable attached to 49 poles, after the school system decided to drop Frontier and signed a contract with Lumos. A Frontier engineer threatened to call police and have Lumos employees arrested, if they tried to re-install fiber on the poles, according to Lumos. Frontier counters that Lumos' pole-to-pole fiber installation was "woefully substandard" and created numerous safety hazards. The dispute started last month and has already made its way to the state Public Service Commission and Federal Communications Commission. In 2011, Lumos and Frontier signed an agreement that allows Lumos to attach its fiber Frontier's poles, provided Lumos gives written notice and pays for "make-ready" work to prepare the poles for new cable lines.... READ REST OF STORY: Lumos alleges Frontier workers tore down fiber By Eric Eyre, Staff writer for the Charleston Gazette

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