It’s been almost three years since former FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski set a goal of having at least one gigabit network in every state by 2015. The year is now over and by Telecompetitor’s tally, we didn’t quite make it…
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FairPoint Gigabit Service Set to Launch
FairPoint will soon join the gigabit movement, announcing FairPoint gigabit service will launch in December in select New Hampshire markets. The Portsmouth, New Hampshire region will become the first gigabit market for the tier 2 service provider with most of its…
FairPoint Launches Construction Solutions for Wholesale Customers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 8, 2015) – FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRP), northern New England’s leading wholesale telecommunications provider, today announced the launch of Construction Solutions for its wholesale customers. FairPoint’s Construction Solutions for wholesale customers include providing small cell construction…
FairPoint Accepts CAF Support of $37.4 Million Annually, Rejects Two States
Updated August 20th with information about Hawaiian Telcom Add FairPoint Communications to the list of carriers that have accepted Connect America Fund dollars in exchange for agreeing to bring broadband to portions of their local service territories where broadband isn’t…
FairPoint Wholesale Data Center Services Illustrate Small Telco Opportunities
Cloud providers are the target market for a new wholesale data center offering from FairPoint Communications announced yesterday. The company also will be offering those services through resellers, including other network and data center operators nationwide that may need data…
FairPoint, Unions Reach Tentative Agreement
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP); System Council T-9 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (AFL-CIO) Locals 2320, 2326, and 2327; and the Communications Workers of America (AFL-CIO) Local 1400 are pleased to announce…
FairPoint Labor Dispute: Company Defends Pension Cuts
FairPoint Communications and the Communications Workers of America are taking their dispute over contract negotiations to the public. FairPoint today ran an open letter signed by three of its New England executives in local papers in Vermont, New Hampshire and…
FairPoint Communications Completes Installation of Statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 System
PORTLAND, Maine (July 31, 2014) – FairPoint Communications has completed the installation of a Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) system in Maine. Maine now has a statewide NG9-1-1 system with a modern Internet Protocol (IP)-based network capable of meeting current and…
FairPoint Expands Northeast Broadband Footprint
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (July 10, 2014) – FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP), a leading provider of advanced communications in northern New England, has expanded broadband to 890 homes and businesses in Albany, Barnet, Royalton, Sharon, Clarendon, Shrewsbury, West Rupert and…
FairPoint Opens New Hampshire Data Center
Charlotte, N.C. (June 19, 2014) – FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRP), a leading provider of advanced communications in northern New England, today announced the launch of its retail customer data center services with the opening of a data center in…
Fairpoint Upgrades New Hampshire Customers to 100 Mbps
MANCHESTER, N.H., June 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — FairPoint Communications recently upgraded its network infrastructure in eight communities in southern New Hampshire, increasing the speed of Internet service available to more than 58,000 local businesses and residential consumers who currently qualify…
FairPoint Reaches Healthcare Service Milestone
PORTLAND, Maine (October 23, 2013) – The New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC), which is working with FairPoint Communications to link healthcare facilities in northern New England to the NETC network, recently announced its 200th connection. NETC is a federally funded…
