| 词条 | FairPoint Communications |
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|name = FairPoint Communications, Inc. |logo = FairPoint Communications logo.svg |type = Subsidiary |traded_as = {{NASDAQ_was|FRP}} |foundation = {{start date|1991}} |location = Charlotte, North Carolina, USA |num_employees = 3,300[1] |industry = Communications Services |products = Internet services, Local wireline, Cable Television |revenue = $1,274.62 million [2] |net_income = −$68.53 million |parent = Consolidated Communications |homepage = {{Official website |http://www.fairpoint.com/}} |key_people = Paul H Sunu, Chief Executive Officer; Rose Hauser, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer }} FairPoint Communications, Inc. was headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and operated communication services in 31 markets in 17 states, mostly in rural areas. FairPoint services include local and long distance phone service, data, Internet, broadband, television, business communications solutions and fiber services.[3] FairPoint, along with Frontier Communications, has been at the forefront of acquiring Verizon landline operations in past years. HistoryFairPoint was founded as MJD Communications Inc. in 1991, and was established as an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) which gave it certain rights and obligations regarding providing service to rural areas. The company acquired the Cass County Telephone Company in 2006, integrating its operations into FairPoint Communications Missouri. It also acquired the Germantown Independent Telephone Company in Germantown, Ohio. Northern New England expansionIn 2007, FairPoint had about 330,000 access points or customers. In that year, Verizon Communications announced plans to sell its landline operations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont (Northern New England Spinco) to FairPoint for $2.7 billion. Of that amount, $1.7 billion would go to Verizon Communications in cash and debt and approximately $1.015 billion would go to Verizon shareholders in FairPoint common stock. Verizon would hold no stock. After extensive federal and state regulatory review and approval, the purchase became effective March 31, 2008, for a price of $2.4 billion. State regulators sought a lower figure out of concerns that excess debt would hamper service and expansion. Approximately 1.6 million phone customers and 230,000 internet users in the three states were added to FairPoint's customer base, with the result that the Northern New England customers represented 85% of FairPoint's customers.[4] This increase made FairPoint Communications the 8th largest phone company in the United States. BankruptcyOn May 5, 2009 FairPoint indicated in its First Quarter 2009 Report that it was "considering engaging a financial advisor to evaluate its current capital structure and to explore options with respect to a potential restructuring." It also acknowledged that it was "at risk of failing to comply with the interest coverage covenant contained in its credit facility as early as the covenant measurement period ending June 30, 2009."[5] On October 26, 2009, FairPoint Communications filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[6][7] The company emerged from bankruptcy in January 2011.[8] Verizon later lost its remaining money it made on the sale.[9] The remaining money from the sale in stock was lost when FairPoint declared bankruptcy. It previously lost all but $5 million from the lawsuit. Payphone saleOn May 22, 2012, FairPoint announced that it would sell its pay telephone operations to Pacific Telemanagement Services. The deal includes its 4,000 payphones operated through Northern New England Telephone Operations and Telephone Operating Company of Vermont. Fairpoint announced that the phones have become unprofitable at about $1 million in revenue.[10] 2014 Northern New England strikeOn October 14, 2014, FairPoint Communications froze the pensions of nearly 2,000 employees who had built, maintained, and serviced vital telecommunications infrastructure throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The company had already stopped providing retiree health care and support for child and elder care. Workers said that this was all part of FairPoint’s plan to turn their good middle-class jobs into low-wage temporary jobs. Leaders of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said that FairPoint management abandoned the bargaining process on August 27 after refusing to compromise on any substantive issue since negotiations began.[11] FairPoint replaced striking workers with contingency workers from as far away as Oregon and California. The replacement workers struggled to maintain normal service as a series of nor'easter storms brought rain and snowy winter conditions to the three-state area. [12] Purchase by Consolidated CommunicationsIn December 2016 FairPoint was purchased by Consolidated Communications for $1.5 billion including assumption of debt. The acquisition closed in July 2017. The combined company operates under the Consolidated Communications name.[13] Service areasFairPoint owns the following operating companies:
Former operating companies
The 18 states served in part are:[3]
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FRP.OQ |title=Stock Quotes & Company News: Fairpoint Communications |publisher=Reuters |accessdate=November 6, 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE:FRP&fstype=ii|title=Financial Statements for FairPoint Communications Inc |publisher=Google Finance |accessdate=November 6, 2014}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.fairpoint.com/global/fp-corporateprofile/index.jsp|title=Corporate Profile|publisher=FairPoint Communications}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fairpoint.com/news/merger_news/joint_press_release.html |accessdate=May 21, 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516063352/http://www.fairpoint.com/news/merger_news/joint_press_release.html |archivedate=May 16, 2008 |title=Consolidated Communications - Internet, Data, Cloud for Homes & Business }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=122010&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1284681|title=FairPoint Communications, Inc. - Investors - Earnings and Press Releases|publisher=phx.corporate-ir.net|accessdate=November 6, 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fairpoint_communications_bankruptcy;_ylt=As5lT25qvbGZ2eqq9X6QN9gEtbAF|archive-url=https://archive.is/20091029185137/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fairpoint_communications_bankruptcy;_ylt=As5lT25qvbGZ2eqq9X6QN9gEtbAF|dead-url=yes|archive-date=October 29, 2009|title=FairPoint phone company files for bankruptcy|accessdate=October 26, 2009}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=FairPoint Communications Chapter 11 Petition|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/FJFK2AQ/FairPoint_Communications,_Inc.__nysbke-09-16335__0001.0.pdf|website=PacerMonitor|publisher=PacerMonitor|accessdate=8 June 2016}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/01/27/948443/fairpoint-meets-broadband-commitment.html|title=FairPoint meets broadband commitment in Maine|work=News & Observer|date=January 27, 2011|accessdate=February 3, 2011}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.law360.com/articles/566923/verizon-to-pay-95m-to-settle-fairpoint-acquisition-row|title=Verizon to Pay $95M to Settle FairPoint Acquisition Row - Law360}} 10. ^{{Cite web | url=https://archive.is/20120905072417/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fairpoint-communications-announces-sale-of-payphone-operations-2012-05-22 | title=FairPoint Communications Announces Sale of Payphone Operations - Mark…}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://fairnessatfairpoint.com/fairpoint-freezes-pensions-of-nearly-2,000-northern-new-england-employees/|title=FairPoint Freezes Pensions of Nearly 2,000 Northern New England Employees | Fairness@Fairpoint|publisher=fairnessatfairpoint.com|accessdate=November 6, 2014}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://fairnessatfairpoint.com/fairpoint-ceos-confidence-in-strike-contingency-plans-contradicted-by-serious-service-problems/|title=FairPoint CEO's "Confidence" in Strike Contingency Plans Contradicted by Serious Service Problems | Fairness@Fairpoint|publisher=fairnessatfairpoint.com|accessdate=November 6, 2014}} 13. ^Consolidated snaps up FairPoint for $1.5B, adds 3K on-net buildings, fiber to the tower footprint Sean Buckley, Fierce Telecom, December 5, 2016 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.localcallingguide.com/lca_prefix.php?ocn=2192&npa=719®ion=CO|title=Local Calling Guide: Area code/prefix search. Accessed February 14, 2012|publisher=Localcallingguide.com|accessdate=November 7, 2014}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.localcallingguide.com/lca_prefix.php?ocn=2204&npa=719®ion=CO|title=Local Calling Guide: Area code/prefix search. Accessed February 14, 2012|publisher=Localcallingguide.com|accessdate=November 7, 2014}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.syringanetworks.net/Partners/Member_Companies/FairPoint/|title=Member Companies :: Syringa Networks|publisher=Syringanetworks.net|accessdate=November 7, 2014}} External links
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