FairPoint Communications, Inc. is a leading communications provider of high-speed Internet access, local and long-distance phone, television, and other broadband services for customers in 18 states. Through its fast, reliable data network, FairPoint delivers data and voice networking communications solutions to residential, business, and wholesale customers. VantagePointSM, FairPoint’s resilient IP-based network in northern New England, provides business customers a fast, flexible, affordable Ethernet connection. The VantagePointSM network supports applications like video conferencing and e-learning. FairPoint is traded on the NASDAQ exchange under FRP.