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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
R-00922433 Closed 7/29/1992 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 32 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO.24, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 27, 1992, PROPOSING AN EXCHANGE BOUNDARY REVIS ION BETWEEN ITS HENSEL AND KIRKWOOD EXCHANGES. CUSTOMERS: 197,401. ADDRESS: 100 LAKE STREET, DALLAS, PA 18612.
P-00940768F0003 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 GAP AND LANCASTER EXCHANGE.
G-00910272 Closed 8/29/1991 APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR APPROVAL TO TRANSFER TO AN AFFILIATED INTEREST PROPERTY USED AND USEFUL IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
R-00870865 Closed 11/25/1987 SUPPLEMENT NO. 90 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO. 22 - REFLECTS REVISIONS TO THE TERRITORIAL AND EXCHANGE BOUNDARY LINE OF THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGES: BANGOR, BLOSSBURG, CONYNGHAM-DRUMS, DALLAS, LEESPORT, LERAYSVILLE, MEHOOPANY, MONTROSE, NUREMBERG, POCONO LAKE, RUSH, SAINT JOSEPH, SAYLORSBURG, TRUCKSVILLE TOWANDA, ULSTER, WAPWALLOPEN, WARREN CENTER AND WYALUSING.
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.
C-20054421 Closed 3/9/2005 COMPLAINANT STATES THE LOCAL CALLING AREA IS LIMITED, RESULTING IN LONG DISTANCE CHARGES FOR CALLS TO CERTAIN AREAS GREATER THAN SEVEN MILES. THEY WANT THE PUC TO EXTEND LOCAL CALLING AREA.
C-20027318 Closed 3/27/2002 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY TOLL CHARGES AND HE WANTS EXTENDED AREA SERVICE FOR THE 222 EXCHANGE.
R-00860357 Closed 3/20/1986 SUPPLEMENT NO. 124 TO TELEPHONE PA PUC NO. 19 - PROVIDES FOR THE REDUCTION OF RATES FOR CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES, INTRODUCTION OF FLEXIBLE PRICING TO CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A 1.25% LATE PAYMENT CHARGE.
C-20066598 Closed 6/29/2006 COMPLAINANT STATES HER COMPLAINT CONCERNS THE LIMITED NUMBER OF THE LOCAL EXCHANGES FROM "LOCAL" CLARKS SUMMIT, MAKING AN UNREASONABLE NUMBER OF CALLS TOLL. THEY WANT THE PUC TO ADD AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING AS "LOCAL" EXCHANGES FROM CLARKS SUMMIT: 254, 282, 383, 388, 430, 489, 498, 562, 815, 842 AND 942. THEY ALSO WANT THE PUC TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR PHONE SERVICE IN THE CLARKS SUMMIT AREA AND OTHER AREAS WHERE ONLY CTCO SERVICE IS AVAIL- ABLE FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS OF ENABLING ONE COMPANY TO MONOPOLIZE THE MARKET FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS, THEREBY RESTRICTING THEIR ABILITY TO CHOOSE.
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.
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-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.
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-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.
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.
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.

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