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
Authority Information
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 |
Insurance Information
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Docketed Cases
| Docket Number | Case Status | Date Filed | Allegation |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-310800F0004 | Closed | 11/30/1988 | APPLICATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND THE COMMONWEALTH CELLU- LAR TELEPHONE SERVICES, INC. FOR APPROVAL OF (1) TRANSFER BY SALE OF CERTAIN RADIO PAGING EQUIPMENT OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO TO COMMONWEALTH CELLULAR TELEPHOPNE SERVICES, (2) THE RIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICES TO BEGIN TO OFFER OR FURNISH RADIO PAGING SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC IN PORTIONS OF LUZERNE, CARBON, MONROE, PIKE, WAYNE, LACKAWANNA AND WYOMING COUNTIES AND (3) THE ABANDONMENT BY COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY OF RADIO PAGING SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES. |
| A-310800F0005 | Closed | 8/29/1991 | APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY AT 100, 120 AND 62 LAKE STREET, DALLAS, TO SHRC, INC., AN AFFILIATED INTEREST. |
| A-310800F0006 | Closed | 10/1/1993 | JOINT APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY, COMMONWEALTH LONG DIS- TANCE COMPANY AND PAGING PLUS, INC., FOR APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF A MAJORITY VOTING INTEREST IN THE STOCK OF THE UTILITIES' DIRECT OR INDIRECT PARENT, C-TEC CORPORATION, TO RCN CORPORATION. |
| A-310800F0007 | Closed | 5/11/2001 | APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE ENTERPRISES, INC., COMMONWEALTH TELE- PHONE COMPANY, CTSI, INC., AND CTSI, LLC, FOR THE TRANSACTION RELATED TO THE RESTRUCTURING OF CTSI, INC., INCLUDING, INTER ALIA, THE ASSOCIATED ACQUISITION BY COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY (A-310800F0007) THROUGH THE CREATION OF A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY NAMED CTSI LLC (A-311095), MERGER BY ACQUISITION OF STOCK OF CTSI INC TO CTSI LLC (A-311095F0002), AND THE ABANDONMENT OF CTSI INC (A-310510F2000). |
| A-310800F0008 | Closed | 9/30/2002 | APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY (CTC), COMMONWEALTH LONG DIS- TANCE (CLD), AND NEW LLC FOR ALL APPROVALS REQUIRED UNDER PUBLIC UTILITY CODE FOR THE TRANSACTION RELATED TO THE RESTRUCTURING OF COMMONWEALTH LONG DISTANCE INCLUDING INTER ALIA THE ASSOCIATED ACQUISITION BY CREATION OF A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY. DOCKET NUMBERS: A-310800F0008 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY OF NEW LLC; A-310071F2000 FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF TELECOMMUN- ICATION SERVICES BY COMMONWEALTH LONG DISTANCE COMPANY; AND A-311225 FOR NEW LLC SEEKING A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE TO PROVIDE INTEREXCHANGE RESELLER SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PA................... |
| A-310800F0009 | Closed | 4/25/2003 | APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY, CTSI, LLC, AND CTE TELECOM, LLC FOR ALL APPROVALS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY CODE FOR THE CONVERSION AND SALE OF VOTING STOCK OF THE CORPORATE PARENT, WHEREBY ACCOMPLISHING A CONVERSION OF CTE "B" SHARES TO CTE COMMON STOCK, ETC. DOCKET NUMBERS: FOR COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY: A-310800F0009; FOR CTSI LLC: A-311095F0004 AND FOR CTE TELECOM INC: A-311225F0002. |
| A-310800F0010 | Closed | 9/29/2006 | JOINT APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY, CTSI LLC, AND CTE TELECOM LLC D/B/A COMMONWEALTH LONG DISTANCE COMPANY FOR ALL APPROVALS UNDER THE PUBLIC UTILITY CODE FOR THE ACQUISITION BY CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF ALL OF THE STOCK OF THE JOINT APPLICANTS' CORPORATE PARENT, COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE ENTERPRISES, INC. DOCKET NUMBERS: COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY: A-310800F0010; CTSI LLC: A-311095F0005 AND CTE TELECOM LLC D/B/A COMMONWEALTH LONG DISTANCE COMPANY: A-311225F0003. |
| A-310800F5000 | Closed | 5/1/1992 | APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER OF 100 PERCENT OF OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK OF C-TEC CORPORATION, PARENT COMPANY OF APPLICANT, TO AN AFFILIATED INTEREST. |
| B-00913344 | Closed | 3/13/1991 | IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, NO. 565 C.D. 1991, APPEAL FROM THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSION ENTERED 2/7/91 AT C-892714. |
| B-00923396 | Closed | 6/9/1992 | IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, NO. 1195 C.D. 1992, APPEAL FROM THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSION ENTERED 5/5/92 AT C-892714. |
| B-00993803 | Closed | 11/1/1999 | IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, NO. 2809 C.D. 1999, APPEAL FROM THE ORDER OF THE COMMISSION ENTERED SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 AT DOCKET NOS. P-00991648 AND P-00991649 (GLOBAL ORDER) |
| C-00003163 | Closed | 1/6/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES ON DECEMBER 8TH THREE EMPLOYEES OF AGENT WALKED ONTO THEIR PROPERTY WITHIN 30 FEET OF THEIR FRONT DOOR. THESE MEN WIELDED LONG POLES AND WORE NO UNIFORMS THAT IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS EMPLOYEES OF COMMONWEALTH COMPANY. THEY ASKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE AND THEY SAID THEY WERE SENT TO STRING A NEW LINE FROM POLES THAT ARE ON PROPERTY. THEY REQUEST OR STATE WHAT COMPANY'S POLICY REGARDING TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IS, TO REPAIR TIRE RUTS AND CLEAN UP SCRAPS OF MATERIAL, COMPENSATE FOR DOWNED TREES, AND TO NOTIFIY THEM IN WRITING OF ANTICIPATED WORK ON THEIR PROPERTY. |
| C-00003278 | Closed | 2/7/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES IN THE CHOCONUT, FRIENDSVILLE, BRACKNEY AREA OF NORTHERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, THESE THREE ADJOINING TOWNSHIPS ARE LONG DISTANCE PHONE CALLS. ALL TOWNS ARE LOCATED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES DRIVE OF EACH OTHER. THE CHILDREN AND PARENTS INVOLVED WITH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CAN'T CALL ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT INCURRING LONG DISTANCE FEES. WANTS THE TOWNSHIPS DEMANDED IN NORTH- ERN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, THAT ARE SERVICED BY CHOCONUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO BE LOCAL PHONE CALLS TO EACH OTHER. RESPONDENTS ARE: COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY, CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF NEW YORK, INC., MCI WORLDCOM COMMUNI- CATIONS, INC., SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P., AND AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC. |
| C-00003353 | Closed | 2/28/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY YET HE IS STUCK WITH NO CHOICE FOR A TELEPHONE COMPANY EXCEPT COMMONWEALTH. COMMONWEAL TH IS IN LEHIGH COUNTY AND TRIED TO ASSIGN A LEHIGH COUNTY TELEPHONE NUMBER TO HIM. THIS WOULD CAUSE ALL CALLS THAT HE MADES TO BE CHARGED AS LONG DISTANCE EVEN THOUGH HE IS CALLING SOMEONE IN THE SAME TOWNSHIP, SPRINGFIELD. HE STATES BELL PROVIDES SERVICE DOWN THE STREET HAS TOLD HIM THEY WOULD RUN PHONE SERVICE TO HIS HOUSE SO THAT CALLING HIS NEIGHBOR AND PEOPLES IN HIS TOWNSHIP WOULD BE COVERED UNDER A LOCAL CALLING PLAN. RESPONDENTS ARE: COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND BELL ATLANTIC-PENNSYLVANIA. |
| 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". |
| C-00003757 | Closed | 6/12/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES THEIR COMPLAINT IS THAT THE LINE RATE WAS RAISED BY $3.00 AS DID THIS WHOLE AREA BUT THEY DIDN'T GET ANY OTHER PLACES TO CALL FREE OF CHARGE THAN THOSE THEY ALREADY HAD, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS DID. HE SAYS THAT HE IS A RETIRED SENIOR CITIZEN ON A LIMITED INCOME, AND THEY NEED THERE PHONE IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. HE WANTS SOME OF HIS QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND IF THEY CAN'T HAVE EXTRA PLACES TO CALL FREE OF CHARGE WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE TO PAY LINE CHARGE RAISES. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| C-00004504 | Closed | 11/22/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WIRES IN HIS HOME. |
| C-00004512 | Closed | 12/1/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE WAS EXCESSIVELY CHARGED FOR A CALL FROM AN OUT OF SERVICE NUMBER AND HE WANTS THIS CHARGE REMOVED. |
| C-00014630 | Closed | 1/2/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES HIS COMPLAINT IS THAT HIS TELEPHONE IS WORKING UNSATISFAC- TORY. HE WANTS THE PUC TO ORDER COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY TO FIX HIS PHONE LINE. HE STATES HE PAYS FOR A SERVICE THAT HE DOESN'T RECEIVE. |
| 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. |
| 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-00015255 | Closed | 4/13/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES IN APRIL 1999, HE REQUESTED COLLECT CALL BLOCKING ON A TELEPHONE LINE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE TELEPHONE LINE HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN HIS DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM. IN SEPTEMBER 2000 HE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE BILL IN EXCESS OF $600. IN SEPTEMBER 2000, A REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHO- NE ADVISED HIM THERE WAS A COLLECT CALL BLOCK ON THE LINE, BUT IS NOT GUARAN- TEED TO WORK, SUBJECT TO THE ORIGINATION OF THE CALL. HE WANTS THE PUC TO INFORM THE TELEPHONE COMPANY THEY MUST HONOR THEIR AGREEMENT. |
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