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Utility Code 310800

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Utility Information

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

Email

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
L-00890046F0006 Closed 3/13/1989 INVESTIGATION REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY OF CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMA- TION AND RECORDS AMONG THE PENNSYLVANIA TELEPHONE COMPANIES...................
C-20044127 Closed 12/23/2004 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT WITH CURRENT TELEPHONE SERVICE THEY ARE UNABLE TO MAKE CALLS WITHIN THEIR OWN TOWN WITHOUT BEING CHARGED AS A LONG DISTANCE CALL. THE COMPLAINANT WANTS THE PUC TO MAKE 659- AND 638- PREFIXES LOCAL.
R-00027716 Closed 8/22/2002 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED LTR REQUEST TO WAIVE THE REGULATION AT CHAPTER 52, SECTION 69.52, EXHIBIT A, STAS PROCEDURES, REQUIRING THE APRIL 2003 STAS FILING. COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY'S CURRENT STAS FILING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2002 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2003.
M-00981128 Closed 8/7/1998 OBJECTION TO 1998-99 ASSESSMENTS.
C-20027293 Closed 3/25/2002 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT CALLING BETWEEN 222 AND 945 IS LONG DISTANCE, AND SHE WOULD LIKE AN EXTENDED SERVICE AREA FO THE 222 EXCHANGE.
C-00981389 Closed 4/6/1998 COMPLAINANT WANTS TOLL FREE SERVICE WITHIN TEN MILE RADIUS.
C-00981288 Closed 3/16/1998 COMPLAINANT STATES THE 548 EXCHANGE MOST MAJOR BUSINESSES ARE IN LANCASTER INCLUDING HOSPITALS AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE CALLS WITHOUT PAYING TOLLS.
C-00981278 Closed 3/16/1998 COMPLAINANT STATES THE 548 EXCHANGE MOST MAJOR BUSINESSES ARE IN LANCASTER INCLUDING HOSPITALS AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE CALLS WITHOUT PAYING TOLLS.
R-00049777 Closed 9/3/2004 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 84 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 23, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 4, 2004, WHICH PROPOSES TO INTRO- DUCE NEW BUNDLED SERVICE OFFERINGS.
G-00920315 Closed 10/1/1992 AFFILIATED INTEREST AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND COM- MONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. WHEREBY THE FORMER WILL PROVIDE QUALIFIED EM- PLOYEES, SERVICES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY WHILE THE LATTER WILL PROVIDE BUSI- NESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INSTALLATION, REPAIR, FACILITIES AND ENGINEERING, AN AFFILIATED INTEREST.
R-00994731 Closed 6/10/1999 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 60 TO PA. P.U.C. NO. 23, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JUNE 12, 1999 (PURSUANT TO ITS PETITION FOR ALTERNA- TIVE REGULATION AND NETWORK MODERNIZATION PLAN AT P-00961024 WHICH ALLOWS THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SERVICE OFFERINGS ON ONE DAY'S NOTICE), WHICH PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE A NEW OPTIONAL (NON-BASIC) SERVICE: CALL FORWARD DELUXE, A REMOTELY ACTIVATED CALL FORWARD FUNCTION.
C-00981287 Closed 3/16/1998 COMPLAINANT STATES THE 548 EXCHANGE MOST MAJOR BUSINESSES ARE IN LANCASTER INCLUDING HOSPITALS AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE CALLS WITHOUT PAYING TOLLS.
R-00850223 Closed 9/16/1985 SUPPLEMENT NO. 119 TO TELEPHONE PA PUC NO. 19 - (1) ELIMINATES MISCELLANEOUS WIRE CHARGE UNDER NONRECURRING CHARGES TO BE REPLACED WITH TIME AND MATERIAL CHARGING (2) ELIMINATES CENTRAL OFFICES EQUIPPED WITH CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES LISTED IN THE TARIFF TO BE REPLACED WITH A LETTER TO THE COMMISSION LISTING THE EQUIPPED CENTRAL OFFICES AND (3) ELIMINATES EXCHANGES PROVIDING PUSH BUTTON CALLING LISTED IN THE TARIFF REPLACED BY A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT ALL EXCHANGES PROVIDE PUSH BUTTON CALLING.
R-00994949 Closed 11/22/1999 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 74 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO. 24, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 28, 2000. THIS SUPPLEMENT REQUESTS APPROVAL TO RECLASSIFY THE ATGLEN, BANGOR, BELVIDERE, COOPERSBURG, COVINGTON, ELIZABETH- VILLE, FERNDALE, GAP, LEESPORT, LERAYSVILLE, LEWISBERRY, LYKENS, MEHOOPANY, MILLERSBURG, NUREMBERG, PORTLAND, ROME, SAYLORSBURG, TOWANDA, TUNKHANNOCK, AND UHLERSTOWN EXCHANGES FROM THEIR PRESENT RATE GROUPS TO THE NEXT HIGHEST RESPECTIVE RATE GROUPS.
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-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-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.
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-00981361 Closed 3/27/1998 COMPLAINANT WANTS TOLL FREE PHONE SERVICE TO LANCASTER.
R-00072583 Closed 8/21/2007 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY D/B/A FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 99 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 23 AND SUPPLEMENT NO 104 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 24, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2007, WHICH PROPOSES TO DECREASE THE STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SUR- CHARGE (STAS) RESULTING FROM THE MOST RECENT RECALCULATION OF THE SURCHARGE.
R-00891223 Closed 2/15/1989 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE- PA. PUC NO. 24, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE APRIL 16, 1989, SO AS TO REFLECT REVISIONS TO (1) LEESPORT EXCHANGE AND BELL TELEPHONE'S FLEETWOOD EXCHANGE, (2) NUANGOLA EXCHANGE AND BELL TELEPHONE'S MOUNTAINTOP EXCHANGE, AND (3) KIRKWOOD AND QUARRYVILLE EXCHANGES.
S-00900032 Closed 5/17/1990 ABBREVIATED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A NOTE TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE-RURAL TELEPHONE BANK, NOT IN EXCESS OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $89,995,500.
C-00981276 Closed 3/16/1998 COMPLAINANT STATES THE 548 EXCHANGE MOST MAJOR BUSINESSES ARE IN LANCASTER INCLUDING HOSPTALS AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE CALLS WITHOUT PAYING TOLLS.
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.
P-00961017 Closed 2/22/1996 PETITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY TO CONDUCT AN EAS POLL IN ATGLEN EXCHANGE.

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