{"id":2360,"date":"2016-06-20T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T15:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2016-06-21T11:25:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:25:10","slug":"frontier-communications-tackles-morgan-county-bandwidth-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=2360","title":{"rendered":"Frontier Tackles Morgan County Bandwidth Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past month, Kevin Wallick was getting calls from Morgan County Frontier customers about problems with their Internet service.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2359\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wallick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2359\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wallick-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Wallick Senior VP Frontier Communications\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wallick-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wallick.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Wallick<br \/>Senior VP<br \/>Frontier Communications<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallick is senior VP for operations in West Virginia for the telecommunications company. Every Frontier technician, engineer and salesperson reports directly to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallick identified the problem as a bandwidth problem that was affecting 1,800 Morgan County customers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And over the last couple of weeks, from about June 1 to June 15, Wallick deployed engineers to increase the bandwidth tenfold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, apparently, the problem has been resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe were hearing from our Morgan County customers that they were having some browsing issues with slow speeds \u2013 they were being disconnected,\u201d Wallick said. \u201cWe identified the issue. We assigned our engineers to a project that upgraded four boxes on the Berkeley Springs, Hedgesville, Falling Waters, Martinsburg route. From the time it came to my attention, it took us two weeks. We increased the bandwidth on that entire route.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallick says that if Frontier customers have an issue with their Internet services \u2013 call the main customer service line \u2013 800.921.8101 \u2013 and get a trouble ticket. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wallick says that if the customer needs to follow up, they can call Wallick directly on his cell phone at 330.663.6353 or email him at kevin.wallick@ftr.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past month, Kevin Wallick was getting calls from Morgan County Frontier customers about problems with their Internet service. Wallick is senior VP for operations in West Virginia for the telecommunications company. 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