County of Prince Edward recently issued the following announcement.
CenturyLink is the primary telephone service provider for much of Prince Edward County and the Town of Farmville, and also provides internet services. In recent years, the County has received numerous calls regarding CenturyLink telephone or internet service issues including dropped calls, intermittent internet outages, or loss of service.
CenturyLink is currently seeking permission from the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to transfer its assets to Connect Holding, LLC. (SCC Case # PUR-2021-00246).
Right now, you have the opportunity to provide comments to the State Corporation Commission on the lack of service, lack of maintenance, and lack of investment in the infrastructure in Prince Edward County and Rural Virginia as a whole. This is your chance to have the issues you have experienced heard and addressed. The deadline to provide comments or sign up to speak at the hearing is February 16th.
There are a number of ways you can do this:
- Use this link to provide written comments: https://www.scc.virginia.gov/casecomments/comment/PUR-2021-00246
- Complete this form to register to speak: https://www.scc.virginia.gov/getattachment/1691e052-07da-4e8e-9c4d-532694e5f9ed/PW-2021-00246.pdf.
- You may also register by one of the following methods: From the SCC website: https://scc.virginia.gov/pages/Public-Witness By Telephone: (804) 371-9141 (weekdays between 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m.)
A hearing for the receipt of testimony from public witnesses on the Petition shall be convened telephonically at 10 a.m. on February 23, 2022, with no public witness present in the Commission's courtroom. Beginning at 10 a.m. on February 23, 2022, the Commission will telephone each person who has signed up to testify as provided above.
We encourage our residents to use this opportunity to make your voice heard on this important case pending before the State Corporation Commission.
Original source can be found here.
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