Fast Facts

  • Founded — 1991
  • Headquarters — Charlotte, NC
  • First acquisition — 1993
  • FairPoint Communications is an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC)
  • Provides communications services to businesses and consumers across the United States
  • Seventh largest phone company in the United States based on the number of access lines as of December 31, 2008
  • Consolidated revenues for the year ending December 31, 2008 were $1.274 billion
  • Approximately 4,100 employees
  • Approximately 1.7 million access line equivalents (voice access lines and HSD subscribers, which include DSL, cable modem and wireless broadband)
  • Products and services include local and long distance, data, Internet, broadband, television and business communications solutions
  • Owns and operates 32 local exchange carriers in 18 states:
    • Alabama
    • Colorado
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Idaho
    • Illinois
    • Kansas
    • Maine
    • Massachusetts
    • Missouri
    • New Hampshire
    • New York
    • Ohio
    • Oklahoma
    • Pennsylvania
    • Vermont
    • Virginia
    • Washington