Frontier, nearing bankruptcy, faces scrutiny over weeks-long phone outages

Enlarge / A Frontier Communications service van. (credit: Mike Mozart / Flickr)

Frontier Communications is facing more scrutiny over outages that have left its customers without telecom service-including access to 911 emergency calling-for weeks at a time.

US Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) sent letters to Frontier and the Federal Communications Commission last week, saying that Frontier's failure to quickly restore service during outages has put residents in danger.

Frontier offers telecom service in 29 states over its fiber and copper networks, and the company is reportedly planning to file for bankruptcy by mid-March. Frontier has been investigated recently for long outages in several states.

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