PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Shareholders of telecommunications companies Consolidated Communications and FairPoint Communications voted on Tuesday to approve a proposed merger. Consolidated announced in ...

Before FairPoint Communications took over Verizon’s northern New England landlines in 2009, that means of communication was the “only game in town,” says Teresa Rosenberger, the company’s New ...

A group of former FairPoint Communications creditors has filed suit against Verizon Communications, charging that the giant telecom is to blame for FairPoint’s bankruptcy and continued financial ...

“Enough is enough.” That was Gov. Peter Shumlin’s message in a December 12 letter to FairPoint Communications CEO Paul Sunu. The governor urged the telecommunications company — which provides ...

WEBVTT A STRIKE AT FAIRPOINT IS NOW IN MONTH NUMBER FIVE, AND A LOT OF CUSTOMERS HAVE DEALT WITH OUTLANDISH SERVICE DELAYS AND ARE GETTING INCREASINGLY FED UP. TONIGHT, ADAM SEXTON EXAMINES WHY STATE ...

Striking FairPoint workers protested in Concord on Friday as the company struggles to reach an agreement over contract negotiations.Click to watch News 9's coverage.Union officials said they have made ...

A tentative deal between FairPoint Communications and the state Department of Public Service would end an investigation into the telecommunications company s service quality. If approved by the Public ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CN) – FairPoint Communications claims it went bankrupt due to a “disastrous 2008 spinoff and merger” with “telecom behemoth” Verizon, which transferred its northern New England ...

Striking FairPoint employees attended a Montpelier rally in November 2014. Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur At a rally in Montpelier last week, gravel-voiced union leaders and labor bigwigs urged the ...

The long decline of the phone book, once a staple of homes and businesses but increasingly irrelevant in the online era, is continuing with the announcement by FairPoint that it will no longer ...

PORTLAND, Maine -- FairPoint Communications Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday barely 18 months after becoming northern New England's dominant telecommunications company, ...