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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
C-00981284 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-00061290 Closed 2/1/2006 COMMONWEALTH TELPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO 98 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA PUC NO 24, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE MAY 16, 2006, WHICH PROPOSES AN ANNUAL INCREASE IN ANNUALIZED REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY $4.1 MILLION OR 2.86% OF NON- COMPETITIVE SERVICE REVENUE, RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN DIAL TONE LINE AND PBX MONTHLY RATES OF $1.40 MONTHLY.
R-00860321 Closed 2/5/1986 SUPPLEMENT NO. 122 TO TELEPHONE PA PUC NO. 19 - PROVIDES FOR THE IMPLEMENTA- TION OF 1.544 MEGABITS PER SECOND HIGH CAPACITY CHANNELS.
C-00981289 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-00973978 Closed 4/4/1997 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 354 TO TELEPHONE - PA P.U.C. TOLL NO. 10 EFFECTIVE JUNE 9, 1997. THIS SUPPLEMENT MAKES A CHANGE TO OPTIONAL DIAL STATION-TO-STATION TOLL CALLING PLAN SERVICE BY ADDING AND DELETING SOME EXCHANGE.
C-00871153 Closed 1/9/1987 COMPLAINANT ALLEGES DISPUTE OVER THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SERVICE THE COMPANY IS INSTALLING.
C-00981352 Closed 3/27/1998 COMPLAINANT WANTS CALLS TO LANCASTER TO BE CONSIDERED LOCAL AND NOT TOLL CALLS.
R-00891528 Closed 11/24/1989 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE - PA PUC NO. 24, WHICH INCREASES BASIC MONTHLY LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE RATES IN THE COOPERSBURG EXCHANGE, EFFECTIVE DATE FEBRUARY 2, 1990.
R-00891539 Closed 12/1/1989 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 63 TO TELEPHONE-PA. PUC NO. 9 WHICH MAKES CHANGES TO LOCAL SWITCHING RATES TO BECOME EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 2, 1990.
C-20027345 Closed 4/1/2002 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT THE CHARGES QUOTED TO HIM BY AT&T WERE FALSE AND MUCH HIGHER WHEN BILLED. HE WANTS ALLTEL AND AT&T TO NOT DISCONTINUE SERVICE UNTIL THE MATTER IS RESOLVED.
R-00016465 Closed 6/1/2001 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO.84 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE PA P.U.C. NO 24 WHICH PROPOSES TO RECLASSIFY THE BENTON, LIBERTY, MIDDLEBURY, CENTER, MORRIS AND ULSTER EXCHANGES FROM THEIR RATE GROUPS TO THE NEXT HIGH- EST RATE GROUPS, EFFECTIVE JULY 30, 2001
G-00900191 Closed 2/1/1990 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND SORDONI CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. FILED AFFILIATED INTEREST AGREEMENT.
R-00922313 Closed 4/23/1992 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 23 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE-PA. PUC NO. 23, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 3, 1992 REVISING TEXT TO CORRECTLY IDEN- TIFY SECTION 6 AS THE AREA TO FIND CHARGES FOR CUSTOMIZED TELEPHONE NUMBERS, AND INCREASING MONTHLY CHARGES FOR NON-PUBLISHED TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND NON- PUBLISHED NUMBERS AVAILABLE THROUGH DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE.
C-00970532 Closed 7/3/1997 COMPLAINANT STATES SHE CAN NOT CALL 610 OR 681 TOLL FREE BUT FRIENDS LIVING IN THIS AREA CAN CALL HER, WHICH IS THE 717 AND 992. CLAIMANANT WANTS THE SERVICE PROVIDED OTHERS CALLING HER TOLL FREE TO BE OFFERED TO HER GOING OUT.
C-00902770 Closed 11/22/1989 ALLEGING LIMITED CALLING AREA. COMPLAINANTS REQUEST TOLL FREE SERVICE FOR THE 868, 678 AND 474 EXCHANGES.
C-00981439 Closed 4/22/1998 COMPLAINANT WANTS TOLL FREE PHONE SERVICE TO LANCASTER.
R-00832519 Closed 11/1/1983 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NO. 66 TO TARIFF-TELEPHONE PA. PUC NO. 22, TO BECOME EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1984, WHICH REFLECTS THE COM- PANY'S INITIAL OFFERING OF OPTIONAL LOCAL MEASURED SERVICE (LMS) TO EXCHANGE SERVICE CUSTOMERS IN THE DALLAS EXCHANGE AND WILL ALLOW EXCHANGE SERVICE CUSTOMERS MORE CONTROL OVER MONTHLY LOCAL SERVICE PHONE COSTS.
C-00015266 Closed 4/12/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS THE NUMEROUS CALLS WERE INTERRUPTED WITH A RECORDING THAT THE CALL CANNOT BE COMPLETED AS DIALED. HE WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET THE PROBLEM CORRECTED THROUGH C.T.S.I, EVEN THOUGH THEY TOLD HIM IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAKE CERTAIN LONG DISTANCE CALLS AND OTHERS WERE INTERRUPTED.
R-00881034 Closed 6/21/1988 SUPPLEMENT NO. 101 TO TELEPHONE PA PUC NO. 22 - (1) RECLASSIFICATION OF THE FERNDALE, LACEYVILLE, LAPORTE, LAWRENCEVILLE, MONTROSE, NICHOLSON, NUANGOLA, POCONO LAKE, SAYLORSBURG, TROY, TUNKHANNOCK, ULSTER, WARREN CENTER AND WELLSBORO EXCHANGES TO THE NEXT HIGHER RATE GROUP DUE TO MAIN ACCESS LINE GROWTH IN THEIR LOCAL CALLING AREA, (2) RECLASSIFICATION OF THE LEWISBERRY EXCHANGE TO ITS PROPER RATE GROUP AND (3) INCREASES THE MONTHLY LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES FOR THE ABOVE LISTED EXCHANGES.
P-00940784 Closed 3/18/1994 PETITION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR PERMISSION TO CONDUCT A SUB- SCRIBER POLL REGARDING EXTENDED AREA SERVICE LACEYVILLE AND TUNKHANNOCK EXCHANGE.
C-20027368 Closed 4/3/2002 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT CALLING THE 222 EXCHANGE, JUST DOWN THE STREET, IS A TOLL CALL. SHE WANTS CALLS BETWEEN 222 AND 945 TO BE LOCAL CALLS.
R-00901811 Closed 9/13/1990 COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS FILED SUPPLEMENT NUMBER 8 TO TARIFF-TELE- PHONE PA PUC NUMBER 24 WHICH REVISES THE EXCHANGES BY THE ADDITION OF THE WAPWALLOPEN TO NUANGOLA AND NUANGOLA TO WAPWALLOPEN TOLL ROUTES UNDER THE OPTIONAL LOCAL BLOCK OF TIME (LBT) CALLING PLAN SERVICE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION TO BECOME EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 12, 1990.
C-00015473 Closed 5/24/2001 COMPLAINANT STATES HE HAS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF CHARG- ES BILLED BY COMMONWEALTH WHICH WERE REDUCED IN PART, HE ASSUMES BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF MINUTES CHARGED CAN'T BE SUBSTANTIATED. THE SECOND COMPLAINT IS THE AMOUNT COMMONWEALTH ARRIVED AT SHOULD BE DISREGARDED BASED ON WHAT THEY CONSIDER A FACT. HE DOES NOT FEEL THAT COMMONWEALTH CAN SUBSTANTIATE THE CHARGES. HE DOES NOT FEEL THAT THE PUC ARRIVED AT THE PROPER DECISION, HE FINDS IT UNBELIEVABLE THAT A COMMISSION WOULD PUNISH A CONSUMER BY REVERSING THE DECISION OF THE PHONE COMPANY TO REDUCE THE BILL. HE STATES HE WOULD LIKE THE REDUCED AMOUNT THAT HIM AND COMMONWEALTH WORKED OUT.
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-00981440 Closed 4/22/1998 COMPLAINANT WANTS TOLL FREE SERVICE AREA EXPANDED.

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