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-00005536 | Closed | 7/3/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 80 TO TARIFF TELE- PHONE PA. P.U.C. NO. 24, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2000, WHICH PROPOSES TO RECLASSIFY THE DALLAS, HARVEYS LAKE, SWEET VALLEY, TRUCKSVILLE, WAPWALLOPEN AND WELLSBORO EXCHANGES FROM THEIR PRESENT RATE GROUPS TO THE NEXT HIGHEST RESPECTIVE RATE GROUPS. |
| 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-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. |
| R-00005691 | Closed | 8/22/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED THEIR STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE (STAS) FILING FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 1, 2000. |
| M-310800F2000ADR | Closed | 8/28/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY 2000 ANNUAL DEPRECIATION REPORT. |
| 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. |
| R-00005965 | Closed | 12/1/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED REVISED PAGES TO SUPPLEMENT NO 82, TAR- IFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 24. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FILING IS TO RECLASSIFY THE DUNSHORE AND MONTROSE EXCHANGES FROM THEIR PRESENT RATE GROUPS TO THE NEXT HIGHEST RESPECTIVE RATE GROUPS. |
| R-00006015 | Closed | 12/19/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMAPNY FILED REVISED TARIFF PAGES TO PA PUC NO 26, SUPPLEMENT NO 1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FILING IS FOR APPROVAL TO BEGIN A THREE- YEAR COST RECOVERY OF INTRALATA PRESUBSCRIPTION. |
| 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. |
| R-00016282 | Closed | 3/22/2001 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED THEIR STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE (STAS) FILING FOR PERIOD ENDING APRIL 1, 2001. |
| 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-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. |
| 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). |
| 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-00015473 | Closed | 5/24/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF CHARG- ES BILLED BY COMMONWEALTH WHICH WERE REDUCED IN PART, HE ASSUMES BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF MINUTES CHARGED CAN'T BE SUBSTANTIATED. THE SECOND COMPLAINT IS THE AMOUNT COMMONWEALTH ARRIVED AT SHOULD BE DISREGARDED BASED ON WHAT THEY CONSIDER A FACT. HE DOES NOT FEEL THAT COMMONWEALTH CAN SUBSTANTIATE THE CHARGES. HE DOES NOT FEEL THAT THE PUC ARRIVED AT THE PROPER DECISION, HE FINDS IT UNBELIEVABLE THAT A COMMISSION WOULD PUNISH A CONSUMER BY REVERSING THE DECISION OF THE PHONE COMPANY TO REDUCE THE BILL. HE STATES HE WOULD LIKE THE REDUCED AMOUNT THAT HIM AND COMMONWEALTH WORKED OUT. |
| R-00016465 | Closed | 6/1/2001 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO.84 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA P.U.C. NO 24 WHICH PROPOSES TO RECLASSIFY THE BENTON, LIBERTY, MIDDLEBURY, CENTER, MORRIS AND ULSTER EXCHANGES FROM THEIR RATE GROUPS TO THE NEXT HIGH- EST RATE GROUPS, EFFECTIVE JULY 30, 2001 |
| M-310800F2001ADR | Closed | 6/28/2001 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED 2001 ANNUAL DEPRECIATION REPORT. |
| C-20015904 | Closed | 7/18/2001 | COMPLAINANT WONDERS WHY HE CAN'T CHOOSE A LOCAL PHONE COMPANY, LIKE HE CAN CHOOSE HIS LONG DISTANCE CARRIER. HE WANTS THE PUC TO LET HIM KNOW IF AND WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, SO HE WON'T HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THIS AREA. |
| R-00016662 | Closed | 8/22/2001 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED THEIR STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE (STAS) FILING FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 1, 2001. |
| C-20016150 | Closed | 9/6/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES MOST PEOPLE IN PA STOPPED HAVING TO DIAL 1 ON LONG DISTANCE CALLS. PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO DIAL 1 & AREA CODE AND THE NUMBER ON ALL LONG DISTANCE CALLS. THEY SHOULD STOP OVERLAYS EXCEPT FOR CELLULAR AND PAGERS. HE WANTS THE PUC TO MANDATE THE FOLLOWING DIALINGS: LOCAL, 7 DIGITS PLUS AREA CODES IF THERE IS A PREFIX THE SAME IN TWO DIFFERENT AREA CODES WITH LOCAL CALLING TO EACH OTHER; LONG DISTANCE, 1 & 10 DIGITS. |
| F-00958215 | Closed | 9/26/2001 | COMPLAINANT STATES IN JUNE 2000 HE SWITCHED LONG DISTANCE TO SPRINT, AND HE WAS ADVISED BY SPRINT SERVICE AT 5 CENTS A MINUTE WOULD TAKE EFFECT IN 3-5 DAYS. ALMOST TWO MONTHS LATER SPRINT ADVISED BY LETTER THAT THE SWITCH NEVER TOOK PLACE DUE TO BLOCK ON THE LINE. HE CHECKED WITH CTCO AND THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF HIM PLACING A BLOCK ON THE LINE EITHER BY PHONE OR IN WRITING. HE FEELS THAT HIS DEBT SHOULD BE WIPED OUT, AND ANY MONEY THAT IS ALREADY PAID SHOULD BE REFUNDED. |
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