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
• 8^th largest phone company in the United States
• Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FRP"
• Consolidated revenues for the year ending December 31, 2007 were $283.5 million
• Approximately 3,975 employees
• Approximately 1.9 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