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		<title><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Simon Flannery - Morgan Stanley. Simon Flannery - Morgan Stanley  I wanted to get some more clarification around the degree of marketing activity, both by Verizon and by competitors. You mentioned that there was some cable...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications Reaches Tentative Agreements with IBEW & CWA Unions Representing 2,500 Members]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Investors, Brett Ellis, +1-866-377-3747, bellis@fairpoint.com, Media, Rose B. Cummings, +1-704-602-7304, rcummings@fairpoint.com, both of FairPoint Communications, Inc.  PORTLAND, Maine, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NYSE: FRP) today announced it has reached tentative agreements with the T-9 Council of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptFairPoint Communications, Inc. FRP Q4 2007 Earnings Call February 28, 2008 8:30 am ET Executives Brett Ellis &#8211; Investor Relations Eugene B. Johnson &#8211; Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer John P. Crowley &#8211; Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President  Presentation  Operator...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine  Charlotte, N.C.-based FairPoint Communications Inc. says the Maine Public  Utilities Commission PUC voted to approve an amended stipulation recommending  the approval of the merger agreement between FairPoint and Verizon, with a few  additional provisions (see related story posted Jan. 14 on Telecom Policy  Report)....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FairPoint Reaches Agreement With Vermont Department of Public Service]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: Investors, Brett Ellis +1-866-377-3747, bellis@fairpoint.com; or Media, Rose Cummings, +1-704-602-7304, rcummings@fairpoint.com  CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NYSE: FRP) today announced it has reached an agreement stipulation with the Vermont Department of Public Service Department regarding its proposed acquisition of Verizon's wireline...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instruction Your first question comes from the line of Jonathan Chaplin. Jonathan Chaplin - JP Morgan Good morning, guys. Thanks for taking the question. I am wondering if you can give us a quick update of what the access line DSL trends were in the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[USTelecom Calls on the FCC to Act Quickly on FairPoint Transaction for Verizon's Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire Operations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORSContact: Pam Joy, +1-207-642-7337, pjoy@fairpoint.com; or Connie Gemmer, +1-207-774-2458, x 102, connie@bartongingold.com, both for FairPoint Communications, Inc. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NYSE: FRP) ("FairPoint") today announced that in a July filing at the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") The United States Telecom Association ("USTelecom")...]]></description>
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