How does this transaction impact customers in northern New England?
This transaction is good news for customers in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. FairPoint is committed to providing broadband access to communities and is will execute a multi-year network enhancement plan across the region. FairPoint is committed to: • Increasing broadband availability • Improving customer response times • Enhancing high-speed data services • Maintaining and improving the state-of-the art network infrastructure in all three states We continue to make substantial investments to build local service centers; similarly, we have begun and will continue to hire employees to increase our local operational presence and responsiveness to customer needs.