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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-20027293 Closed 3/25/2002 COMPLAINANT STATES THAT CALLING BETWEEN 222 AND 945 IS LONG DISTANCE, AND SHE WOULD LIKE AN EXTENDED SERVICE AREA FO THE 222 EXCHANGE.
C-00981389 Closed 4/6/1998 COMPLAINANT WANTS TOLL FREE SERVICE WITHIN TEN MILE RADIUS.
C-00981288 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.
C-00981278 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.
C-80041940 Purged 4/1/1980 ALLEGING, INTER ALIA, THAT IT IS UNREASONABLE AND UNLAWFUL FOR COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY AND THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA TO UNFAIRLY DISCRIMINATE & DENY LOCAL CALLING & REQUESTING THE COMMISSION TO ORDER RESPONDENTS TO EXTEND LOCAL CALLING AREA
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.
A-00101891F0002 Purged 4/8/1980 APPLICATION OF THE SULLIVAN COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY AND COMMONWEALTH TELE- PHONE COMPANY FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER BY MERGER OF ALL THE PROPERTY AND RIGHTS OF THE FORMER TO THE LATTER
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.
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.
F-01308763 Closed 6/3/2003 COMPLAINANT STATES COMPLAINT IS ABOUT COMPUTER CALLING TO A TOLL NUMBER IN SCRANTON INSTEAD OF DIALING LOCAL NUMBERS AND/OR BACK UP LOCAL NUMBER THIS IS AT A COST TO HIM OF $500, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A TOLL NUMBER.
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.
R-00821923 Purged 3/10/1982 SUPPLEMENT NO. 56 TO TELEPHONE PA PUC NO. 22 AND SUPPLEMENT NO. 87 TO TELE- PHONE PA PUC NO. 19. SUPPLEMENT NO. 56 REFLECTS (1) THE RECLASSIFICATION OF THE RATE GROUP OF THE KIRKWOOD EXCHANGE; (2) ELIMINATION OF THE OBSOLETE FOUR- PARTY BUSINESS RATE IN THE CLARKS SUMMIT, PEN ARGYL, TIOGA AND WAPWALLOPEN EXCHANGES; AND (3) CERTAIN TERRITORIAL AND EXCHANGE BOUNDARY REVISIONS. SUPPLEMENT NO. 87 REFLECTS (1) THE ADDITION OF SEVEN (7) EXCHANGES TO THE LIST ING OF EXCHANGES PROVIDING PUSH BUTTON CALLING; AND (2) THE ADDITION OF THREE (3) TOWNSHIPS TO THE LISTING OF TERRITORIES SERVED BY COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY
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.
R-00832355 Purged 3/31/1983 SUPPLEMENT NO. 96 TO TARIFF TELEPHONE-PA. P.U.C. NO. 19. CHANGES REVISE TEXT TO REFLECT THE INCLUSION OF RADIO PAGING SIMULTANEOUS ACTIVATION SERVICES AND RATES IN TARIFF TELEPHONE IN PA. P.U.C. NO. 19 IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA. P.U.C. ORDER ADOPTED MAY 7, 1982 AND ENTERED MAY 17, 1982 IN DOCKET NO. C-22065.AREAS SERVED-ALL OF WYOMING COUNTY, AND PORTIONS OF BERKS, BRADFORD, BUCKS, CARBON, CHESTER, COLUMBIA, DAUPHIN, LACKAWANNA, LANCASTER, LUZERNE, LYCOMING, MONROE, NORTHAMPTON, SCHUYLKILL, SULLIVAN, SUSQUEHANNA AND TIOGA COUNTIES. ADDRESS OF UTILITY-W. J. UMPHRED, PRESIDENT, COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY, 100 LAKE STREET, DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA 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.
A-00076155F5000 Purged 12/28/1979 APPLICATION OF COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR APPROVAL OF THE ACQUISITION OF ALL THE COMMON STOCK OF NEW SULLIVAN, INC.

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