CenturyLink under state investigation after hundreds of complaints [telecom]

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By Cody Nelson

The Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety is investigating CenturyLink over hundreds of complaints that the utility failed to respond to requests to locate underground cabling.

CenturyLink faces more than $780,000 in fines for its alleged viola- tions of a law intended to protect the safety people and utility in- frastructure, according to a state Office of Administrative Hearings document.