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Press Release -- May 20th, 2011
Source: FairPoint Communications
Tags: Ethernet, Video

BRING ON THE BROADBAND!

SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT (May 20, 2011) – Here is the latest availability report from FairPoint Communications as we turn up more neighborhoods across Vermont. We will be sending these to you weekly for the next six weeks. FairPoint’s high-speed Internet service will reach customers along all or portions of the following streets:

Glover and Sheffield: Center, Clark, Danforth, Drew, Dry Pond, Glover, Heights, Old Heights, Page, Parish School, Perron, Perron Hill, Route 122, Thompson, Trucott and Young.

Highgate and Swanton: Ballard, Borderview, Boucher, Browns, Cassidy, Country Club, Duck Point, Gore, Partlow, Rheaume, Robin Hood, Rollo, Route 7, Route 181, St. Armand, Sunset and Tarte.

Hyde Park area: Beam, Benson, Blackberry, Blossom, Brook, Carpenter, Center, Centerville, Clark, Cleveland Corners, Collins Pond, Davis Hill, Frost, Garfield, Garfield Cross, Gowen, Green River Dam, Harris Heights, Houle, Hyde Park, McFarlane, Munson, Patnoe Farm, Plantation, Portland, Puckerbush East, Puckerbush West, Reen, Richardson, Route 15 East, Route 15 West, Stevens, Tenney Hill, Third, Tower, Trombley Hill and Wolf Den.

Morgan: Big Rock, Brook, Elliott Acres, Jordan, Macleay, Route 111 and Seymour East.

Newport: Beaver, Buzzell, Colodny, Desrochers, Drown, Farrar, Gage, Gibbs, Holbrook Bay Commons, Kimberly, Lake, Lake View, Lakewood, Laurel, Leadville, Morningside, Overlook, Redemption, Royea, Smith, South, Strawberry Acres, Sunrise, Top Deck and Vance Hill.

Pomfret and Woodstock area: Atwood, Birch Tree, Bridgewater, Brown, Clay Hill, College Hill, Grandma Ams Hill, Granite Ledge, High Pastures, Hillside, Latham, Lime Pond, Lois, Perkins, Pleasant, Phoenix, Sessions Meadow, Spaulding, Stage, Sugarbush Farm, Thorn Apple, Turkey Hollow, Wall, Wild Apple and Woodstock.

Salisbury: Bay Shore, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Chickadee, Gold Finch, Keewaydin, Lake Dunmore, Lake View, Looney, Lotsawater, Misty, Moosalamoo Club, Mountain, Nutmeg, Oak, Pine, Pond, Quiet, Robin’s, Rustic, Swallow, Upper Plains, West Shore and Woodpecker.

These new broadband rollouts are part of the company’s new fiber-based, high-capacity network called VantagePoint(SM). FairPoint’s VantagePoint network provides residential speed options as fast as 15Mbps. Broadband service on the VantagePoint network means customers can smoothly stream live video, play online games and upload photos and large files with ease. Always-on broadband access provides almost instant connections to information, news and entertainment.

Since April 2008, FairPoint has invested more than $60 million in the communications infrastructure and technology to bring broadband to Vermont, including building almost 1,000 miles of new fiber across the state.

Internet packages start at $35.99 per month. For additional information about FairPoint high-speed Internet prices and bundled plans, residential consumers can call 1.866.984.2001 or visit www.FairPoint.com.

About FairPoint
FairPoint Communications, Inc., (NASDAQ: FRP) (www.FairPoint.com) is a leading communications provider of high-speed Internet access, local and long-distance phone, television and other broadband services to customers in communities across 18 states. Through its fast, reliable data network, FairPoint delivers data and voice networking communications solutions to residential, business and wholesale customers. VantagePoint(sm), FairPoint’s resilient IP-based network in northern New England, provides business customers a fast, flexible, affordable Ethernet connection. The VantagePoint(sm) network supports applications like video conferencing and e-learning. Additional information about FairPoint products and services is available at www.FairPoint.com. You can also connect with FairPoint on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/myfairpoint) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/myfairpoint).

Media Contact:
Sabina Haskell
802.658.7351
shaskell@fairpoint.com

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