PRC orders Qwest to restore Internet service

THOUSANDS OF NEW MEXICO CUSTOMERS WHO LOST INTERNET AND PHONE SERVICES COULD START GETTING IT B...  More »

THOUSANDS OF NEW MEXICO CUSTOMERS WHO LOST INTERNET AND PHONE SERVICES COULD START GETTING IT BACK THIS MORNING. QWEST SHUT-OFF SERVICES FOR 11- THOUSAND CUSTOMERS, BECAUSE OF A COMPANY CALLED SKI-WI. QWEST SAYS THE BUSINESS HASN'T PAID HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS IN FEES, SO SERVICES THROUGH SKI-WI WERE PULLED. THE PROBLEM IS CUSTOMERS WEREN'T NOTIFIED AND SUDDENLY FOUND THEMSELVES WITHOUT INTERNET OR PHONE USE. I believe they both handled it poorly. They both had an obligation to these end customers, to do things differently... and being as they didn't do what their moral obligation was, we stepped in. THE P-R-C ORDERED QWEST TO RESTORE SKI-WI SERVICE BY 8 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING UNTIL A JUDGE HEARS THE MATTER LATER NEXT MONTH. QWEST SAYS IT MAY TAKE A WEEK BEFORE IT CAN RESTORE EVERYONE'S  « Less