FairPoint Communications, Inc. · Charlotte, NC United States ·(NYSE: FRP)

When the country mouse calls the city mouse, she might just be using FairPoint Communications. The company serves about 2 million subscribers through more than 30 local-exchange carriers in 18 US states. It concentrates largely on rural and small urban markets located mainly in the Northeast and the Midwest, but the company's service areas extend to the South and the Northwest. FairPoint provides local and long-distance phone services, as well as DSL and TV Internet access to residential and business customers. It also offers Web hosting and domain name registration. Burdened with about $2.7 billion in debt, FairPoint filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors in 2009. To read the full description, subscribe now.