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-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-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. |
| 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-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-20042837 | Closed | 4/12/2004 | COMPLAINANT STATES CALLS TO NANTICOKE ARE TOLL CALLS. HE WANTS TO INCLUDE NANTICOKE AREA AS TOLL FREE. |
| C-00981237 | Closed | 2/27/1998 | COMPLAINANT STATES CALLS FROM HENSEL 548 EXCHANGE ARE NOT TOLL FREE AND WOULD LIKE THIS TO CHANGE |
| 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. |
| F-01329866 | Closed | 7/11/2003 | COMPLAINANT STATES BILLS ARE INCORRECT. SHE WOULD LIKE PUC TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. |
| 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-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. |
| 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. |
| 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-00892497 | Closed | 7/24/1989 | COMPLAINANT REQUESTS REVISED PAYMENT PLAN. |
| 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-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-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-00956869 | Closed | 5/22/1995 | COMPLAINANT FEELS BILLING PROCESS IS UNFAIR |
| C-00981239 | Closed | 3/2/1998 | COMPLAINANT DOES NOT WANT TO PAY LONG DISTANCE CHARGES WHEN CALLING AREA CODE 717. |
| 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. |
| 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-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 |
| 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-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-00871153 | Closed | 1/9/1987 | COMPLAINANT ALLEGES DISPUTE OVER THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SERVICE THE COMPANY IS INSTALLING. |
| 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. |
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