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 |
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Docketed Cases
| Docket Number | Case Status | Date Filed | Allegation |
|---|---|---|---|
| C-00004504 | Closed | 11/22/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WIRES IN HIS HOME. |
| 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. |
| M-310800F2000ADR | Closed | 8/28/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY 2000 ANNUAL DEPRECIATION REPORT. |
| R-00005691 | Closed | 8/22/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED THEIR STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE (STAS) FILING FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 1, 2000. |
| 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. |
| 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-00003757 | Closed | 6/12/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES THEIR COMPLAINT IS THAT THE LINE RATE WAS RAISED BY $3.00 AS DID THIS WHOLE AREA BUT THEY DIDN'T GET ANY OTHER PLACES TO CALL FREE OF CHARGE THAN THOSE THEY ALREADY HAD, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER AREAS DID. HE SAYS THAT HE IS A RETIRED SENIOR CITIZEN ON A LIMITED INCOME, AND THEY NEED THERE PHONE IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. HE WANTS SOME OF HIS QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND IF THEY CAN'T HAVE EXTRA PLACES TO CALL FREE OF CHARGE WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE TO PAY LINE CHARGE RAISES. |
| C-00003601 | Closed | 4/27/2000 | COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THE SURCHAGE OF .40$ 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". |
| R-00005126 | Closed | 3/10/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 65 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 23. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FILING IS TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO MAKE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE TO ITS TARIFF RESULTING IN A REFINED DEFINITION OF BUSINESS TELEPHONE SERVICE. |
| R-00005111 | Closed | 3/3/2000 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 1 TO PA PUC NO 25 AND SUPPLEMENT NO 64 TO PA PUC NO 23. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FILING IS TO PROPOSE A REDUCTION OF IT INTRALATA TOLL RATES APPLIED TO QUALIFYING HEARING AND SPEECH IMPAIRED CUSTOMERS TO RATE OF 5 CENTS PER-MINUTE AND A REDUCTION IN RATES OF ITS CALL FORWARD BUSY AND CALL FORWARD DON'T ANSWER SERVICES INTO ONE MONTHLY RATE OF $2.00. |
| 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-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-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. |
| R-00994993 | Closed | 12/15/1999 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED THEIR STATE TAX ADJUSTMENT SURCHARGE (STAS) FILING FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 1, 2000. |
| 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-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. |
| 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. |
| C-00992985 | Closed | 11/5/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES STUDIES CONDUCTED BY CTCO FOR EXTENDING LOCAL CALLING AREA ARE FAULTY. TWO PROBLEMS EXIST, FIRST, SECOND PHONE LINES FOR PERSONAL COMP- UTERS SHOULDN'T BE COUNTED AS THEY ARE RARELY USED FOR OUTGOING CALLS. INCL- UDING THESE LINES INFLATES THE NUMBER TO CTCO'S ADVANTAGE. SECOND, THIRD PARTY COMPANIES DIRECT BILL TO CUSTOMER, CTCO HAS NO ACCESS TO THESE FIGURES WHEN CONDUCTING STUDIES. WANTS COMMONWEALTH TO POLL THE RESIDENTS OF POCONO LAKES & LONG POND TO SEE IF THEY WANT EXTENDED CALLING AREA. |
| 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) |
| P-00991731 | Closed | 7/26/1999 | PETITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR PERMISSION TO CONDUCT SUBSCRI- BER POLL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER CUSTOMERS IN THAT EXCHANGE ARE IN FAVOR OF HAVING THEIR LOCAL CALLING AREA EXTENDED TO INCLUDE ONE-WAY EXTEN- DED AREA SERVICE (EAS) TO MOUNT POCONO, STROUDSBURG AND WHITE HAVEN. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| R-00994687 | Closed | 5/10/1999 | COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 73 TO PA. P.U.C. NO. 24, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JUNE 11, 1999, IN COMPLIANCE WITH COMMISSION ORDER AT P-00981453, WHICH INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF ONE-WAY EAS OVER THE HENSEL TO LANCASTER INTRALATA ROUTE, AND RECLASSIFICATION OF THE BLOSSBURG, BROOKLYN, GRATZ, HALLSTEAD, NICHOLSON, SPRINGVILLE AND WYALUSING EXCHANGES FROM THEIR PRESENT RATE GROUPS TO THE NEXT HIGHEST RESPECTIVE RATE GROUP................. .............................................................................. CASE ENTERED IN ERROR - SEE P-00981453 FOR SUPP #73, ETC. |
| C-00992411 | Closed | 4/19/1999 | COMPLAINANT STATES THAT WHEN CUSTOMERS CALL OLD NUMBER THEY GET A RECORDING THAT PHONE IS DISCONNECTED WITH NO MENTION OF A POSSIBLE AREA CODE CHANGE. HE THINKS PHONE COMPANIES SHOULD ADD TO RECORDINGS "PLEASE CHECK FOR PROPER AREA CODE" INSTEAD OF JUST "THE NUMBER CAN'T BE DIALED AS IS WITH NOTHING ABOUT AREA CODE CHANGES" WANTS PHONE COMPANIES TO PROVIDE COURTEOUS, RELIABLE INFORMATION ASSISTANCE. |
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