Utility Code 310800
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Basic Utility Information
Utility Name
COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO.
Utility Code
310800
Utility Type
Telephone
Utility Status
Active
Carrier ID
Utility Contact Information
Physical Address
Mailing Address
100 CTE DRIVE
DALLAS PA 18612
Phone
Fax
Website
www.ct-enterprises.com
Utility Authorities Information
| Service Type | Authority Status | Date Certified | Suspension Date | Suspension Expiration | Application Number | Trading As Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier | Active | A-00102711 | FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS COMMONWEALTH TEL CO LLC | |||
| Interexchange Carrier | Active | A-310800 | FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS COMMONWEALTH TEL CO LLC |
Utility Insurance Information
No insurance information for this utility.
Docketed Cases
| Docket Number | Case Status | Date Filed | Allegation |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-00061290 | Closed | 2/1/2006 | COMMONWEALTH TELPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 98 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 24, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE MAY 16, 2006, WHICH PROPOSES AN ANNUAL INCREASE IN ANNUALIZED REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY $4.1 MILLION OR 2.86% OF NON- COMPETITIVE SERVICE REVENUE, RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN DIAL TONE LINE AND PBX MONTHLY RATES OF $1.40 MONTHLY. |
| R-00072625 | Closed | 8/31/2007 | COMMONWEALTH TEPHONE COMPANY D/B/A FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS COMMONWEALTH TELE- PHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 100 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 23, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE AUGUST 31, 2007, WHICH PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE THE DIGITAL PHONE X RESIDENTIAL BUNDLED SERVICE PACKAGE. |
| 1400256 | Closed | Commowealth Tel dba Frontier Commonwealth 2007 Biennial NMP | |
| C-00850403 | Closed | 9/6/1985 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGE INADEQUATE SERVICE IN THAT IMPROPER CARE WAS TAKEN IN RENDERING BILLS. COMPLAINANT REQUESTS THAT BILLING ERROR NOT BE PASSED ON TO COMPLAINANT. |
| C-00871370 | Closed | 6/23/1987 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGE INCORRECT BILLINGS. |
| C-00892561 | Closed | 9/5/1989 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGES ALL CALLS MADE ARE TOLL CALLS AND REQUESTS RESPONDENTS MAKE 868, 678 AND 474 EXCHANGES FREE CHARGES. RESPONDENTS ARE: (1) COMMON- WEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND (2) THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
| C-00957025 | Closed | 7/24/1995 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGES COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE HAS TOO NARROW A TOLL FREE AREA FOR TUNKHANNOCK AND WISHES A STUDY BE MADE. |
| C-00957348 | Closed | 10/16/1995 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGES COMPANY PLACED THE WRONG TYPE AD FOR HIM IN THE YELLOW PAGES AND COMPLAINANT THEN ASKED TO SETTLE PAYMENT ON THE AD AT A LOWER PRICE COMPLAINANT CLAIMS COMPANY REFUSED THIS ALTERNATIVE SETTLEMENT AND ALLEGES COMPANY IS NOW THREATENING TO TERMINATE HIS SERVICE. COMPLAINANT ASKS RELIEF FROM THIS THREAT OF TERMINATION UNTIL HIS ALLEGATIONS ARE EXAMINED. |
| C-00871153 | Closed | 1/9/1987 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGES DISPUTE OVER THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SERVICE THE COMPANY IS INSTALLING. |
| C-20043751 | Closed | 9/23/2004 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGES THAT COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY LOCAL EXCHANGE SER- VICE CUSTOMERS IN THE UHLERSTOWN EXCHANGE WITHIN BUCKS COUNTY ARE RECEIVING INADEQUATE SERVICE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 1501 OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY CODE, 66 PA.C.S. 1501. OCA WANTS THE PUC TO ORDER COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STUDY MEASURING ALL CALLS ORIGINATING FROM WITHIN THE UHLERSTOWN EXCHANGE & TERMINATING WITHIN THE DOYLESTOWN EXCHANGE. ADDITIONAL RESPONDENT: XO COMMUNICATIONS, AMERICAN LONG LINES, AT&T, ATX TELECOMMUNICA- TIONS SERVICES, BROADWING COMMUNICATIONS, CABLE & WIRELESS INC., CAPITAL COMMUNICATIONS, EXCEL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, GLOBAL CROSSING, MCI, MCI WHOLESALE SERVICES, MCI WORLDCOM, QWEST, US SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, & WORKING ASSETS, COMMONWEALTH LONG DISTANCE COMPANY............................................ |
| C-00015521 | Closed | 5/23/2001 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGES THAT FRAUD WAS COMMITTED ON HIM BY MCI. HE STATES THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW OR WHY HIS INTERNET ACCESS NUMBER WAS CHANGED FROM A LOCAL NUMBER TO A LONG DISTANCE NUMBER, AND HAD HE KNOWN THIS, HE WOULD HAVE CANCELLED THE SERVICE IMMEDIATELY. HE WANTS THE PUC TO CANCEL HIS CHARGES THAT ARE DUE TO MCI'S FRAUD. |
| C-00892714 | Closed | 12/4/1989 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGES THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF UNNECESSARY POLE LINES BY RESPONDENT COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND REQUESTS AN INVESTIGATION. RESPONDENTS ARE: (1) COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY, (2) THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND (3) PALMERTON TELEPHONE COMPANY |
| F-01451275 | Closed | 10/16/2003 | COMPLAINANT BELIEVES HIS TELEPHONE WAS DISCONNECTED WRONGFULLY BECAUSE THEY HAD AGREED UPON A 7-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME, THE PAYMENT WAS MAILED AND THE POWER WAS OUT. HE WANTS REIMBURSED FOR THE LOSE OF USAGE AND HIS EXPENSES OF $500 TO $1,000. |
| C-20042312 | Closed | 1/5/2004 | COMPLAINANT BELIEVES THAT COMMONWEALTH DOES NOT GIVE ADEQUATE INFORMATION TO NEW CUSTOMERS ABOUT WHAT THEIR AREA CODE COVERS. SHE FEELS PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO USE IT, ESPECIALLY THE INTERNET, BECAUSE OF THE CHARGES THEY MAY RECEIVE. SHE WANTS BETTER INFORMATION. |
| C-00981239 | Closed | 3/2/1998 | COMPLAINANT DOES NOT WANT TO PAY LONG DISTANCE CHARGES WHEN CALLING AREA CODE 717. |
| C-00956869 | Closed | 5/22/1995 | COMPLAINANT FEELS BILLING PROCESS IS UNFAIR |
| C-00981550 | Closed | 5/13/1998 | COMPLAINANT HAS A PHONE AT A COTTAGE THAT IS NOT USED DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. HE IS BEING CHARGED A CERTAIN RATE PER MONTH TO HAVE THAT PHONE LINE SUSPENDED DURING THE TIME IT IS NOT IN USE. HE RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT THE RATE HAS BEEN INCREASED, AND FEELS IT IS TOO MUCH. HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CHARGE DROPPED BACK TO WHAT IS WAS. |
| C-00913534 | Closed | 8/2/1991 | COMPLAINANT IS UNABLE TO PAY FULL AMOUNT OF BILL DUE TO PRESENT ECONOMY PROB- LEMS AND REQUESTS A PAYMENT SCHEDULE |
| C-2009-2124869 | Closed | 8/4/2009 | Complainant requests respondent enter into an agreement with PPL that reasonably and fairly allocates costs of jointly used utility poles and establishes reasonable incentives for complaince with its provisions. |
| C-00892497 | Closed | 7/24/1989 | COMPLAINANT REQUESTS REVISED PAYMENT PLAN. |
| C-00892564 | Closed | 9/8/1989 | COMPLAINANT REQUESTS THE COMMISSION REQUIRE RESPONDENTS TO PROVIDE TOLL FREE ACCESS TO AREA CODES 868, 678 AND 474, AND REFUND UNFAIR CHARGES; ALSO CONDUCT ANOTHER SURVEY AMONG THOSE RESIDENTS ON 379 WITHIN DORRANCE TOWNSHIP, CREST- WOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. RESPONDENTS ARE: (1) COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND (2) THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
| C-00981248 | Closed | 3/5/1998 | COMPLAINANT REQUESTS THE PUC HAVE THE COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO EXTEND THE TOLL-FREE CALLS TO LANCASTER EVEN WITH A MONTHLY FEE. |
| F-00555696 | Closed | 7/6/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES A TENANT MICHELLE MCBRIDE ASKED HIM TO HAVE A PHONE PUT IN HER NAME WHILE SHE WAS AT WORK. SHE HAD PAID UP HER ACCOUNT WITH BELL & DIDN'T REQUIRE A DEPOSIT, SO HE COMPLIED. SHE SKIPPED ON HER RENT & TELE- PHONE. COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO IS UNLAWFULLY TRYING TO RECOVER FROM HIM DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE COOPERATED IN TRYING TO LOCATE HER. WANTS TO TELL COMMONWEALTH TO BILL HER AND LEAVE HIM ALONE. |
| F-00934234 | Closed | 10/1/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES AS OF OCTOBER OF 1999, HIS WIFE MARGARET MOVED TO BENTON, PA AND RENTED AN APARTMENT. SHE PUT A BLOCK A 900 BLOCK ON THE PHONE. SHE MOVED BACK IN JUNE OF 2000 WITH HIM. HE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM BILL COL- LECTOR TELLING HIM HE HAD A PHONE BILL OF $11,000. HE WOULD LIKE A HEARING ON THIS MATTER. HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE PHONE COMPANY SENT HIM A BILL OR A PRINT OUT IF HE IS NOT SUPPOSE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BILL. |
| F-01329866 | Closed | 7/11/2003 | COMPLAINANT STATES BILLS ARE INCORRECT. SHE WOULD LIKE PUC TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. |
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