Comments on: Verizon Purchase Of Frontier Communications For $20 Billion Is Approved http://www.northescambia.com/2025/05/verizon-purchase-of-frontier-communications-for-20-billion Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:00:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Susie http://www.northescambia.com/2025/05/verizon-purchase-of-frontier-communications-for-20-billion/comment-page-1#comment-566400 Susie Mon, 19 May 2025 20:45:44 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=585883#comment-566400 Verizon is sneaky. I was a customer for many years. They know all the tricks. Keep an eye on your account and your phone usage. If it looks fishy...it is. Verizon is sneaky. I was a customer for many years. They know all the tricks. Keep an eye on your account and your phone usage. If it looks fishy…it is.

]]> By: EMD http://www.northescambia.com/2025/05/verizon-purchase-of-frontier-communications-for-20-billion/comment-page-1#comment-566369 EMD Mon, 19 May 2025 12:40:17 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=585883#comment-566369 Frontier is the worst company I have ever dealt with. Frontier is the worst company I have ever dealt with.

]]> By: mnon http://www.northescambia.com/2025/05/verizon-purchase-of-frontier-communications-for-20-billion/comment-page-1#comment-566354 mnon Mon, 19 May 2025 09:03:11 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=585883#comment-566354 Well, I'm not very excited. It will be one of those "wait and see" situations. Having worked in telecom and telephony myself for 20 years I can 100% bet ALL of our prices will be going up, I predict by $20 a month avg. Frontier has done nothing but gas light and lie to ALL of us for years and years. They have told me for years fiber was coming, "speeds would be faster just wait." Right now on average Frontier charges 10x the national average compared to other provider speeds. Other providers charge approx $100 a month for 1gb down and 500mb up. While Frontier charges $65 for 25mb down and 2mb up. So roughly $65 for 2% of the speeds other national providers offer. Frontier manipulated all of us because they knew us rural folk had no other options. Funny they bail out when Starlink has now started providing coverage over these rural areas. Starlink isn't without its flaws, but for approx $40 more a month you can get 100x the speeds on average versus Frontier's plans. Frontier saw the writing on the wall, bailed on all of it and never brought us the fiber they were promising for 10 years. Honestly, in conclusion, I don't expect much more out of Verizon. They are going to charge us a ton for par service and we will be the very last to get any form of upgraded service and before that happens 5-10 more years from now who's to say they won't sell out to another corp. and the train kept a-rolling all night long... Well, I’m not very excited. It will be one of those “wait and see” situations. Having worked in telecom and telephony myself for 20 years I can 100% bet ALL of our prices will be going up, I predict by $20 a month avg. Frontier has done nothing but gas light and lie to ALL of us for years and years. They have told me for years fiber was coming, “speeds would be faster just wait.”

Right now on average Frontier charges 10x the national average compared to other provider speeds. Other providers charge approx $100 a month for 1gb down and 500mb up. While Frontier charges $65 for 25mb down and 2mb up. So roughly $65 for 2% of the speeds other national providers offer. Frontier manipulated all of us because they knew us rural folk had no other options. Funny they bail out when Starlink has now started providing coverage over these rural areas. Starlink isn’t without its flaws, but for approx $40 more a month you can get 100x the speeds on average versus Frontier’s plans. Frontier saw the writing on the wall, bailed on all of it and never brought us the fiber they were promising for 10 years. Honestly, in conclusion, I don’t expect much more out of Verizon. They are going to charge us a ton for par service and we will be the very last to get any form of upgraded service and before that happens 5-10 more years from now who’s to say they won’t sell out to another corp. and the train kept a-rolling all night long…

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