LOS ANGELES—The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants Frontier Communications to pay $8.5 million in civil penalties and costs to Los Angeles and Riverside counties, plus $250,000 that will be distributed to the internet provider’s California customers, according to a proposed order filed Thursday in Los Angeles.
The move follows a 2021 lawsuit filed by the FTC and the district attorneys of Los Angeles and Riverside counties and attorneys general in several states, alleging that Frontier wasn’t delivering the speeds customers were paying for.
The proposed order must be signed by a Los Angeles federal judge before it takes effect.
A Frontier spokesperson said that the FTC’s complaint included “baseless allegations and disregarded important facts,” adding that the settlement stipulates “that we admit no wrongdoing.”
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