Frontier serves up 100 Mbps over copper service in Connecticut market

Frontier Communications may have seen a $5 million decline in Connecticut revenues, a factor it anticipated due to broadband pricing migrations, but it is fighting that trend by introducing a new 100 Mbps residential DSL speed tier. To deliver the 100 Mbps speeds to residential customers, Frontier is using a mixture of vectoring and bonding technologies on its existing copper network facilities. Being a copper-based technology, how many subscribers can get the service will depend on the condition of the copper plant and their distance from the nearest remote terminal (RT) or central office (CO).

Delivering 100 Mbps DSL service is part of the telecommunication company's broader strategy to enhance broadband availability throughout Connecticut. Upon completing its acquisition of AT&T's wireline assets, Frontier launched a plan to invest $63 million to expand the reach of the U-verse video and broadband network to offer speeds of 10 Mbps and higher for over 100,000 households. The service provider has also built a fiber-based middle mile network that will connect all of its central offices across the state and dedicate about $3 million to expand broadband to areas it says are currently "unserved or underserved."