Oxnard—The Finance and Governance Committee, on Tuesday, October 29, approved a purchasing agreement with Frontier Communications.
CHIEF Information Officer Rob Ruben said the agreement with Frontier Communications is for three years, totaling $524,605 for telephone service in the City.
“On December 26, 2012, the City and Verizon signed an agreement for telephone services throughout the City,” he said. “In April 2016, Verizon sold and transferred its various accounts to Frontier. Since then, Frontier has been providing copper wire telephone service to the City, known as POTS Lines.”
“The State of California has decided that it will no longer provide contractual pricing service for POTS lines beginning in 2026, as part of the State’s CALNET contract,” he said. “The City uses 265 POTS lines throughout its facilities.”
The City’s POTS lines currently cost approximately $7,800 per month, and he said the average cost per line under the CALNET contract has been approximately $30.
“Sunsetting the CALNET program means that the various telephone carriers throughout the State will be increasing the monthly POTS cost to $100 or more,” he said. “Frontier has a 36-month contract for the POTS lines that keep the monthly pricing fixed at $54.99 per line.”
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