CenturyLink Says It Met CAF II Interim Broadband Milestone in 30 States, is Close in 3 Others
CenturyLink said it reached an interim USF broadband deployment milestone in 30 of 33 states, and is "very close" in the other three. The telco told the FCC it accepted Connect America Fund Phase II support to deploy at least…
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10/1 Mbps broadband service to over 1 million locations in 33 states, and has reached about 600,000 locations in those states. Preliminary data shows it "met or exceeded" a Dec. 31 interim milestone of 40 percent broadband deployment in 30 states, but "may not have reached" the milestone in Colorado, Kansas and South Dakota, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 10-90. "In each of these states, CenturyLink has deployed to thirty-eight percent or more of the total CAF II locations," said the company: "CenturyLink continues its process to review, validate and confirm the data" and expects to provide a "vetted" update by March 1.