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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-20043648 | Closed | 9/9/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES CALLING ANYWHERE INCLUDING PA (570) AREA CODE THEY ARE BEING CHARGED FOR, STATES THIS COMPANY WILL NEVER LOWER THEIR RATES. |
| C-00981237 | Closed | 2/27/1998 | COMPLAINANT STATES CALLS FROM HENSEL 548 EXCHANGE ARE NOT TOLL FREE AND WOULD LIKE THIS TO CHANGE |
| C-20042837 | Closed | 4/12/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES CALLS TO NANTICOKE ARE TOLL CALLS. HE WANTS TO INCLUDE NANTICOKE AREA AS TOLL FREE. |
| C-00004220 | Closed | 9/20/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO HAS FALSELY ACCUSED THEIR SON OF USING THEIR CALLING CARD NUMBER WITHOUT PERMISSION WHEN THEY REPORTED THE CARD CANCELLED AND STOLEN. THEY WANT COMMONWEALTH TO REVERSE ALL OF THEIR UNAUTHORIZED CALLS AND THEY DO NOT WISH TO DEAL WITH COMMONWEALTH ON THIS MATTER ANY FURTHER. |
| F-01514297 | Closed | 4/7/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO. TURNED THE PHONE OFF EVEN AFTER BEING ADVISED THAT THEIR IS A CHILD & AN ADULT WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS. HE WANTS THE RE-CONNECT CHARGES TAKEN OFF THE BILL. |
| C-20043674 | Closed | 9/16/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE IS THE ONLY TELEPHONE COMPANY ABLE TO PROVIDE HER WITH LOCAL TELEPHONE & INTERNET SERVICE AT PREMIUM PRICES. SHE WANTS THE PUC TO ALLOW VERIZON TO COMPETE IN THIS AREA TO PROVIDE HER WITH AN AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE. |
| C-20055383 | Closed | 9/29/2005 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE RATES ARE ALREADY THE HIGHEST OF ANY LOCAL PHONE SERVICE THAT SHE KNOWS OF. SHE STATES THE TELEPHONE COMPANY IS RAISING THEIR RATES AGAIN. SHE STATES SHE WAS TOLD THEY COULD RAISE THEIR RATES TO UNLIMITED AMOUNTS AS LONG AS THEY NOTIFY THEIR CUSTOMERS. |
| C-20030495 | Closed | 6/9/2003 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPANY COLLECTS MONEY FOR EXTERNAL ENTITIES WITHOUT PRO- VIDING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CHARGES. HE DOES NOT WANT CTCO TO BE A CONDUIT FOR BILLING/COLLECTING FOR THIRD PARTIES AND WANTS TO KNOW WHERE PUC STANDS ON THESE ISSUES. ADDITIONAL RESPONDENT SPRINT. |
| C-20042745 | Closed | 3/31/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPANY IS A MONOPOLY AND HAS A SMALL TOLL FREE CALLING AREA. THE RATES ARE NOT COMPETITIVE. THEY WANT PUC TO ALLOW FAIR TRADE AND COMPETITIVE RATES. |
| C-00003885 | Closed | 7/11/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT ABOUT COMMONWEALTH ASSERTS A CLAIM THAT THE RATES CHARGED BY CTC TO ITS MEMBER PAYPHONE SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE UNJUST AND UNREASONABLE AND VIOLATIVE OF BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. DESPITE A BINDING DIRECTIVE BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPLICABLE TO CTC AND OTHER INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS TO REDUCE THE RATES CHARGED TO PSP'S TO COST BASED LEVELS. CTC HAS MAINTAINED THESE RATES WELL ABOVE THESE LEGAL LEVELS, RESULTING IN AN ANTI-COMPETITIVE AND DISTORTED MARKET FOR PAYPHONE SERVICES IN ITS SERVICE TERRITORY. THEY WANT THE COMMISSION TO REQUIRE THAT CTC'S RATES BE REDUCED TO COST-BASED, JUST AND REASONABLE LEVELS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE "NEW SERVICES TEST AND PA LAW. |
| F-01308763 | Closed | 6/3/2003 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS ABOUT COMPUTER CALLING TO A TOLL NUMBER IN SCRANTON INSTEAD OF DIALING LOCAL NUMBERS AND/OR BACK UP LOCAL NUMBER THIS IS AT A COST TO HIM OF $500, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A TOLL NUMBER. |
| C-00993056 | Closed | 11/24/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS ABOUT DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTIVE & A GROSS INVASION OF PRIVACY, CTCO ATTACHED "CALL WAITING" TO HER TELEPHONE WITHOUT HER AUTHORIZATION UNDER THE GUESS OF A "FREE OFFER" THIS CAME AT A TIME WHERE THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY IN THE FAMILY. STATES THIS IS SLAMMING, WANTS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS PRACTICE, STATES UTILITIES SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO ATTACH SERVICES TO ONE'S HOME WITHOUT THE OWNER'S PERMISSION. |
| C-00003880 | Closed | 7/11/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS FOR EXTENDED AREA SERVICE FROM NESCOPECK/WAP- WALLOPEN AREA TO THE HAZLETON AREA. SHE LIVES IN NESCOPECK TWP. SHE HAS BEEN SINCE 1996 AND IN THOSE FOUR YEARS COMMONWEALTH PHONE COMPANY HAS NEVER SENT THEM A SUBSCRIBER POLL, TOLL STUDY, EAS POLL, OR A TRAFFIC USAGE STUDY. SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RESULTS FROM ANY POLL TAKEN SUCH AS TRAFFIC USAGE STUDY FOR HER AREA. SHE WOULD LIKE THE LOCAL CALLING AREA TO BE CHANGED EAS TO BERWICK, WAPWALLOPEN, CONYGHAM, WEST HAZLETON & HAZLETON. SHE WOULD ALSO LIKE A NORMAL PHONE BILL FROM COMMONWEALTH PHONE COMPANY. |
| F-00630643 | Closed | 12/6/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THAT COMMONWEALTH CLAIMS THAT HE OWES THEM $1,600 FOR "900" LONG DISTANCE CALLS WHICH WERE DIALED DIRECT FROM HIS ETTERS PLACE. STATES THEY DIDN'T MAKE SUCH CALLS AND DIDN'T RECEIVE BILLS FROM COMMONWEALTH FOR THE TWO MONTH PERIOD THIS TOOK PLACE. AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF ON TIME PAYMENT AND NO HISTORY OF "900" CALLS. HE WANTS THESE ERRO- NEOUS CHARGES REMOVED FROM RECORDS AND HE IS WILLING TO ACCEPT LOCAL TELE PHONE SERVICE WITHOUT LONG DISTANCE ACCESS. |
| C-00015266 | Closed | 4/12/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THE NUMEROUS CALLS WERE INTERRUPTED WITH A RECORDING THAT THE CALL CANNOT BE COMPLETED AS DIALED. HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET THE PROBLEM CORRECTED THROUGH C.T.S.I, EVEN THOUGH THEY TOLD HIM IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN LONG DISTANCE CALLS AND OTHERS WERE INTERRUPTED. |
| C-00015120 | Closed | 3/19/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THE SERVICE IS SO POOR THAT IT HAD ALMOST PUT HIM OUT OF BUSINESS, BUT LED CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS TO CALL STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO REPORT HIS BUSINESS AS A FRAUD BECAUSE OF WHAT CTSI DID. HE WANTS THE PUC TO FORCE COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY TO DISCLOSE TO THE CONSUMER THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE AND TO STOP MAKING PROMISES THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T KEEP. |
| C-00003601 | Closed | 4/27/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THE SURCHAGE OF .40$ BEING ADDED, PLUS THE FEDERAL AND STATE TAX HAS INCREASED BY .03$ GIVING HIM A TOTAL MONTHLY INCRE- ASE OF .43$, AND WITH NO EXPLANATION. HE WANTS TO HAVE COMMONWEALTH TELEPHON E RESCIND THE INCREASE AND REIMBURSE CONSUMERS. ALSO TO SUPPLY HIM WITH CONCRETE REASON FOR THIS SURCHAGE "ADD ON" AND NOT "CORPORATE SPIN". |
| F-01287100 | Closed | 4/29/2003 | COMPLAINANT STATES CTCO ENGAGES IN FRAUDULENT PRACTICES. HE WANTS PUC TO ADVISE CTCO TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM FRAUDULENT PRACTICES, FINE THEM, AND INITIATE AN AUDIT OF THEIR RECORDS. |
| C-00981307 | Closed | 3/18/1998 | COMPLAINANT STATES EVERY PHONE CALL IS A LONG DISTANCE TOLL CHARGE AND CANNOT USE THE INTERNET WITHOUT LONG DISTANCE CHARGES AND WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE TOLL FREE CALLING TO INCLUDE SOUTHAMPTON AND LANCASTER COUNTY'S |
| C-20043857 | Closed | 10/13/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES FEEL THEY WERE OVERCHARGED BY COMPANY AND WOULE LIKE THE PUC TO HOLD A HEARING ON THIS MATTER. |
| C-20042742 | Closed | 3/31/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES FOR 6 MONTHS SERVICE WAS EITHER NOT AVAILABLE OR PARTIALLY AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF INTERFERENCE ON LINE. THEY WANT PUC TO HAVE COMMONWEALTH FIX PROBLEM PERMANENTLY AND CREDIT THE ACCOUNT FOR 6 MONTHS OF POOR SERVICE. THEY ALSO WANT PUC TO FINE COMPANY AND HAVE COMPANY REIMBURSE THEM FOR A SERVICE CALL TO ALARM COMPANY. |
| C-20043534 | Closed | 8/16/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE FEELS THAT THE 610 - 294 EXCHANGES SHOULD BE TREATED AS ONE EXCHANGE. THOSE 86 TOLL-FREE EXCHANGES THAT 610 - 847 CAN ACCESS SHOULD ALSO BE TOLL-FREE CALLS FOR HIM 610 - 294 FOLKS. |
| C-20028456 | Closed | 9/5/2002 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS A LIMIT OF 3 LOCAL CALLS. HE WANTS PUC TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL NUMBERS TO BE ADDED TO LOCAL CALLS |
| C-20028767 | Closed | 10/24/2002 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS BEEN CONTACTING COMPANY FOR LAST 1 1/2 YEARS ABOUT NOISES ON THE LINE. HE WANTS PUC TO HAVE TELEPHONE LINE CLEARED UP SO THEY CAN GET THE SERVICE THEY ARE PAYING FOR. |
| C-00014669 | Closed | 1/12/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS LIVED IN HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP, HIS MAILING ADDRESS IS SHICKSHINNY, PA. HIS TELEPHONE EXCHANGE IS 864-2787, HE CAN ONLY CALL FOUR EXCHANGES WITH OUT IT BEING A LOCAL LONG DISTANCE CALL. SHICKSHINNY IS A 542- EXCHANGE, THE 542 - EXCHANGE CAN CALL FIFTY-FIVE EXCHANGES WITH OUT IT BEING A LOCAL LONG DISTANCE CALL. HE WANTS HIS LOCAL CALLING AREA EXPAND- ED TO INCLUDE THE LOCAL CALLING AREA OF SCHICKSHINNY THE 542- EXCHANGE. RESPONDENTS ARE: COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, INC. |
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