CenturyLink, Frontier take lead in CAF-II race [telecom]

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CenturyLink, Frontier take lead in CAF-II race, seek complementary wireless technologies

by Sean Buckley

CenturyLink and Frontier, two service providers that have sizeable rural market segments, are advancing their rural broadband expansion efforts via the second phase of the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF-II) program.

After accepting $500 million in CAF-II funding, which it will complement with its own capital, CenturyLink set a goal to deliver broadband services to about 1.2 million rural households and businesses in 33 states over the next six years.