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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
P-00940783 Closed 3/18/1994 PETITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR PERMISSION TO CONDUCT A SUB- SCRIBER POLL REGARDING EXTENDED AREA SERVICE COVINGTION & WELLSBORO EXCHANGE.
P-00021982 Closed 9/26/2002 PETITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE COMMISSION'S REGULATIONS AT 52 PA. CODE CHAPTER 64 IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
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.
R-00027077 Closed 1/16/2002 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 73 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 23, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 16, 2002, PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE TWO NEW OPTIONAL (NON-BASIC) SERVICES: CALL WAITING CONFERENCE & CALL SCREENING.
R-00016918 Closed 11/19/2001 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 86 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 24, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 5, 2002, WHICH PROPOSES TO RECLASSIFY THE NOXEN AND TOWER CITY EXCHANGES FROM THEIR PRESENT RATE GROUPS TO THE NEXT HIGHEST RATE GROUPS.
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.
P-00961024F0002 Closed 2/3/2003 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED PRICE STABILITY INDEX AND SERVICE PRICE INDEX REPORTS AND RELATED FILINGS, CONTAINING PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. (SEE ALSO P-00032020 FOR PETITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR RECOGNITION OF AN EXOGENOUS EVENT UNDER ITS ALTERNATIVE REGULATION PLAN).
C-00981354 Closed 3/27/1998 COMPLAINANT WANTS TOLL FREE CALLS TO LANCASTER.
P-00940768F0006 Closed 2/3/1994 PETITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR PERMISSION TO CONDUCT A SUB- SCRIBER POLL FOR IMPLEMENTING ONE-WAY EXTENDED AREA SERVICE (EAS) BETWEEN SWEET VALLEY AND WILKES-BARRE EXCHANGE.
R-00891546 Closed 12/7/1989 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 7 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE - PA PUC NO. 23, EFFECTIVE DATE FEBRUARY 16, 1990, PROVIDING FOR THE PROVISIONING OF THREE SERVICES: NON-PUBLISHED NUMBERS AVAILABLE THROUGH DIRECTORY ASSIS- TANCE, CHARGES FOR DUPLICATE COPIES OF TELEPHONE BILLS, AND THE CREATION OF A PRODUCT/SERVICE CHARGE.
C-00945440 Closed 1/5/1994 REQUESTS EAS SURVEY BE DONE OR FLAT FEE CHARGED
C-00981365 Closed 3/27/1998 COMPLAINANT WANTS TOLL FREE PHONE SERVICE TO LANCASTER.
C-00981320 Closed 3/24/1998 COMPLAINANT WOULD LIKE CALLS TO CITY OF LANCASTER BE TOLL FREE.
C-20028456 Closed 9/5/2002 COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS A LIMIT OF 3 LOCAL CALLS. HE WANTS PUC TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL NUMBERS TO BE ADDED TO LOCAL CALLS
F-01287100 Closed 4/29/2003 COMPLAINANT STATES CTCO ENGAGES IN FRAUDULENT PRACTICES. HE WANTS PUC TO ADVISE CTCO TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM FRAUDULENT PRACTICES, FINE THEM, AND INITIATE AN AUDIT OF THEIR RECORDS.
G-00890182 Closed 11/30/1989 AFFILIATED INTEREST AGREEMENT BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND C-TEC CORPORATION UPDATING AND SUPERSEDING COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY'S AGREE- MENTS WITH (1) COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE ENTERPRISES, INC., (2) LEWISBERRY TELE- PHONE COMPANY AND (3) LEESPORT TELEPHONE COMPANY.
R-00072244 Closed 3/29/2007 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY D/B/A FRONTER COMMUNICATIONS COMMONWEALTH TELE PHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 95 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 23, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE APRIL 2, 2007, WHICH PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE A NEW BUNDLED SERVICE OFFERING.
P-00961018 Closed 2/22/1996 PETITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY TO CONDUCT AN EAS POLL IN KIRKWOOD EXCHANGE.
R-00932780 Closed 6/30/1993 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 29 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE-PA PUC NO 23 TO BECOME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1993 WHICH CREATES EXPERIMENTAL TRIAL PERIOD TARIFF RULES AND REGULATIONS. SECTION 6-ORIGINAL SHEET 35, SEC- TION 6- ORIGINAL SHEET 36.
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-00912072 Closed 8/29/1991 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 19 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO. 24, EFFECTIVE DATE OCTOBER 28, 1991, PROPOSING A BOUNDARY REVISION BETWEEN ITS TUNKHANNOCK AND LAKE WINOLA EXCHANGES TO INCORPORATE A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (VACANT) THAT IS CURRENTLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO EXCHANGES INTO ONE EXCHANGE. ADDRESS: 100 LAKE ST, DALLAS, PA 18612.
R-00912104 Closed 10/17/1991 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY (CTCO) FILED SUPPLEMENT NO.20 TO TARIFF TELE- PHONE - PA PUC NO. 24 WHICH PROPOSES THE PROVISION OF ONE WAY EXTENDED AREA SERVICE (EAS) FROM ITS LACEYVILLE EXCHANGE TO ITS WYALUSING EXCHANGE WHICH IS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 16, 1991.
G-00870056 Closed 1/2/1987 AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 18, 1986 BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO., COOPERSBURG TELEPHONE CO., LEWISBERRY TELEPHONE CO., AND C-TEC CORP., AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AFFILIATED INTERESTS, REFLECTING RECENT CHANGES IN OPERATIONS AND RESTRUCTURING.
C-00935079 Closed 7/21/1993 REQUESTS FREE PAY PHONE OUTSIDE HER BARN, ALSO REFUND FOR 13 YEARS OF PAY- MENTS.
C-00981367 Closed 3/27/1998 COMPLAINANT WOULD LIKE TOLL FREE PHONE SERVICE TO LANCASTER. WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY A $2.00/MO SERVICE FEE.

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