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    <title>Vermont Public Radio: fairpoint communications</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 16:39:20 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Utility Board Makes FairPoint Pricing Easier</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93169/utility-board-makes-fairpoint-pricing-easier/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
A decision by the board that oversees the
rates and quality of service of the state's public utilities is going to make
it easier for the state's largest landline telephone and Internet company to be
more responsive to its customers.

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	<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:06:43 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>State Regulators Approve New Oversight Plan For FairPoint</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93118/state-regulators-approve-new-oversight-plan-for-fa/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[State regulators have approved a new oversight
plan for FairPoint Communications, the region's dominant land-line phone
company.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/93118/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Granville Gets High-Speed Internet</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92955/granville-gets-high-speed-internet/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
FairPoint Communications says 225 more homes
and businesses in the town of Granville now have access to high-speed internet services.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92955/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:06:08 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Assessing FairPoint’s Performance</title>
		<link>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52346/assessing-fairpoints-performance/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[FairPoint addresses a number of challenges in customer service, billing and&nbsp;delivering broadband, VPR's Ross Sneyd provides analysis of the news and we listen back to the voices in the news. 
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/episode/52346/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>State Proposes Settlement with FairPoint</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92391/state-proposes-settlement-fairpoint/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications has rebounded from its troubles of two years ago, and
has addressed many of its service quality issues. That's
the word from the state office that represents consumers.
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	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/92391/</guid>
	<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>FairPoint To Lay Off 55 In Vermont</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91946/fairpoint-to-lay-off-55-in-vermont/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
FairPoint
Communications says it will lay off 400 people over the next several months to
help reduce its expenses.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91946/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:00:16 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>FairPoint Makes Progress In Extending Broadband</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91304/fairpoint-makes-progress-in-extending-broadband/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications says it's extended high-speed broadband access to
almost 90 percent of its customers. The
company faced a state-imposed deadline last week to expand the number of people
who can get fast connections on their computers.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/91304/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>FairPoint To Pay Penalty By Adding Broadband</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/90436/fairpoint-to-pay-penalty-by-adding-broadband/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications 
says it will settle $7 million in service quality penalties imposed by 
the state by expanding broadband Internet access to areas of Vermont 
currently without it.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/90436/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:06:06 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>FairPoint Emerges From Bankruptcy</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89835/fairpoint-emerges-from-bankruptcy/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Telecommunications company FairPoint has
emerged from bankruptcy reorganization nearly 15 months after filing for
Chapter 11 with a crushing debt load and a battered financial sheet.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89835/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:06:58 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>Beleaguered FairPoint Asks State To Relax Rules</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89728/beleaguered-fairpoint-asks-state-to-relax-rules/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications is asking the Legislature to relax state regulations and
reduce penalties for poor service. FairPoint
says it needs the changes in order to compete fairly against other
telecommunications providers. 
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/89728/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
	<vpr:moreLabel><![CDATA[Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;Now]]></vpr:moreLabel>	<vpr:airDate2>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:34:41 -0500</vpr:airDate2>				    <enclosure url="http://www.vpr.net/audio/news/regional_news/2011/01/spot-0112-13d.mp3" length="1537778" type="audio/mpeg" />
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	<title>FairPoint May Ask Bankruptcy Court To Overrule Vermont Regulators</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88585/fairpoint-may-ask-bankruptcy-court-to-overrule-ver/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
FairPoint
Communications may ask a federal court to overrule Vermont's rejection of the company's bankruptcy
reorganization plan.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88585/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Voices In The Week&#039;s News: July 2, 2010</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88403/voices-in-weeks-news-july-2-2010/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[These were some of the voices in the news this week.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88403/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>FairPoint Weighs Options After Bankruptcy Plan Is Rejected</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88383/fairpoint-weighs-options-after-bankruptcy-plan-rej/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[FairPoint Communications is weighing its options after the Vermont 
Public
Service Board rejected the company's plan to work itself out of 
bankruptcy.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88383/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Interview: Mike Smith On FairPoint Communications&#039; Next Move</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88378/interview-mike-smith-on-fairpoint-communications-n/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
Maine regulators gave the green light, but Vermont's Public Service Board said &quot;no&quot; this week to a
financial re-organization plan by Fairpoint Communications. VPR's Mitch Wertlieb speaks with Mike Smith, President of Fairpoint Communications in Vermong about whether the company will file a new plan with the board, or challenge
the ruling in court.&nbsp; 

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88378/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:50:49 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Vermont Regulators Reject FairPoint&#039;s Reorganization Plan</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88363/vermont-regulators-reject-fairpoints-reorganizatio/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Vermont utility regulators have rejected a plan by
FairPoint Communications to work itself out of bankruptcy. In a decision
released on Monday, the Public Service Board said the proposed reorganization doesn't do enough to promote the good of the
state
of Vermont.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88363/</guid>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>The Restructuring Of Fairpoint</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88035/restructuring-fairpoint/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with the Vermont State President of FairPoint Communications and Vermont's Public Service Commissioner about Fairpoint's restructuring plans and its affect on ratepayers.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/88035/</guid>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:05:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	<title>Voices In The Week&#039;s News: February 12, 2010</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87189/voices-in-weeks-news-february-12-2010/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[These were some of the voices in the week's news.
]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87189/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:20:40 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>FairPoint, unions reach tentative agreement</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87089/fairpoint-unions-reach-tentative-agreement/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
FairPoint Communications and unions
representing nearly 3,000 employees in northern New England have reached a tentative agreement on a contract as FairPoint prepares
to submit its bankruptcy reorganization plan.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87089/</guid>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:06:19 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>FairPoint Delays Filing Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87079/fairpoint-delays-filing-chapter-11-reorganization/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
For the third time since December, FairPoint
Communications is pushing back the date for when it will submit its bankruptcy
reorganization plan.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/87079/</guid>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	<title>FairPoint Delays Filing Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan</title>
	<link>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86904/fairpoint-delays-filing-chapter-11-reorganization/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[
FairPoint Communications Inc. is again
pushing back the date for filing its bankruptcy reorganization plan.

]]></description>
	<guid>http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/86904/</guid>
	<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:06:33 -0500</pubDate>
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