CPUC approval of Frontier-Verizon deal dodges broadband jurisdiction
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Many Californians say there’s no shame in being a Dodger. Or so I’ve been told.
The tentative CPUC ruling approving Frontier Communication’s purchase of Verizon’s wireline systems in California avoids claiming any authority to regulate broadband service. Instead, the proposed decision drafted by a California Public Utilities Commission administrative law judge relies on time-tested public interest criteria, plain old telephone regulatory powers and a set of private agreements between Frontier and a long list of advocacy groups.… More