Article: FairPoint Reaches Agreement on Operational Issues With New Hampshire Electric Cooperative; Group Now Supports Approval of Fairpoint's Acquisition of Verizon's Landline Operations in Three-State Region.

CONCORD, N.H., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FairPoint Communications, Inc. a leading provider of communications services to rural and small urban communities across the country, today announced it has reached an agreement with the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NHEC), on a variety of operational issues relating to FairPoint's proposed acquisition of Verizon's landline network in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.

NHEC is a member-owned and controlled electric distributor serving approximately 80,000 members in 116 towns and cities in the state.

NHEC had petitioned as an intervener in the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission review of ...

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