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Getting Lousy DSL Service from Windstream? Here’s How to Get a $10 Monthly...
Are you paying Windstream for 6Mbps DSL service and getting half that speed or less? Stop the Cap! doesn’t think it is fair to charge full price for half or less the speed you paid good money to...
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Windstream Brings Kinetic TV to Communities Around Charlotte, North Carolina
Windstream will bring its fiber to the neighborhood service Kinetic TV to around 50,000 homes in 13 suburban and exurban communities surrounding Charlotte, N.C., to stay competitive with Time Warner...
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Despite Net Neutrality, Providers Launch Fiber Spending Spree
Despite claims from some industry-backed researchers and former members of Congress that Net Neutrality has reduced investment in telecommunications, a new research note from Deutsche Bank shows...
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Windstream’s “Aspirational” Broadband: DSL Customers Not Getting Advertised...
An unhappy customer in Georgia. Victor Brown, like many residential customers in rural northeastern Ohio, has one option for internet access — Windstream, an independent phone company that typically...
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Windstream Relying on Government Funding to Double 100 Mbps Availability in 2019
Windstream is relying on the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund to double the areas where it will offer 100 Mbps broadband service, expected to reach 30% of the company’s 18-state...
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Windstream Declares Bankruptcy; Another Legacy Telco Falters
Windstream Holdings, Inc. filed bankruptcy this afternoon, citing its inability to cover $5.8 billion in outstanding debt. The independent phone company, which provides legacy landline and broadband...
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Windstream Sues Charter Over Lookalike Mailers Questioning Phone Company’s...
Windstream Holdings filed a suit against Charter Communications (d/b/a Spectrum) on Friday, claiming the cable company is trying to poach its customers with a “despicable” false advertising campaigned...
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Bankrupt Windstream Wins Approval to Pay Top Execs $24 Million in Special...
A New York bankruptcy judge cleared the way for Windstream Holdings to pay its top executives up to $24 million in special retention bonuses to convince them to stay at Windstream while the company...
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Charter Guilty of Sending “Untrue and Improper” Letters Inferring...
The federal judge handling Windstream’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization has found Charter Communications culpable for mailing “untrue and improper” advertisements to Windstream customers implying...
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Wall Street Hates CenturyLink’s Dividend Cut; Company Punished for Upgrade...
CenturyLink’s stock is being pummeled after the company announced a cut in divided payouts to shareholders earlier this year, preferring to keep the money in-house to reduce debt and increase spending...
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Charter Spectrum’s “False Ads” Cost Windstream $3-5 Million in Profits,...
Windstream Communications lost between $3.2-5.1 million in lost profits because of a 2019 false advertising campaign run by Charter Communications in areas where the two companies compete for internet...
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Windstream Emerges from Bankruptcy, Promises More Fiber Broadband
Windstream’s new logo Windstream has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a new privately held company controlled by Elliott Management Corporation, an activist hedge fund known for squeezing expenses...
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