GWI requests FairPoint investigation
The dispute between Biddeford-based GWI and FairPoint is heating up again, now that GWI has petitioned state regulators to investigate FairPoint's business practices.
Maine's Office of the Public Advocate is supporting GWI's petition asking the Maine Public Utilities Commission to investigate FairPoint Communication's billing and collection practices and stop the North Carolina-based company from disconnecting customers until the investigation is finished, according to Maine Public Broadcasting Network. It's the latest installment in a dispute between the two companies surrounding the $3 million FairPoint has billed GWI to lease major fiber-optic cable lines that GWI uses to serve large customers. GWI is fighting the bill and FairPoint's intention to cut service to 3,000 GWI customers if it's not paid.
Maine Public Advocate Richard Davies said his office is backing GWI because FairPoint "[seems] to have embarked on what we would consider an ill-considered and unduly harsh policy of billing enforcement and overly aggressive interpretations of applicable laws" with GWI and "a number of other competitive local exchange carriers," according to MPBN. FairPoint spokesman Jeff Nevins said the company plans to file a response to the petition and will delay terminating service to GWI customers by a month.
In related news, FairPoint has again extended its deadline for filing a bankruptcy reorganization plan from today to Feb. 1, according to MPBN. The company already pushed back the original filing deadline of Dec. 10.
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