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New Hampshire’s Comcast Phone Service Outage: Like FairPoint Never Existed

Phillip Dampier March 28, 2011 Comcast/Xfinity, Consumer News, FairPoint, Video No Comments

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More than two dozen New Hampshire communities were left without their Comcast “digital phone” service last week when a major service outage disrupted incoming and outgoing calls across The Granite State.  As businesses and consumers were advised to have cell phones on hand in case of phone outages, WMUR-TV in Manchester didn’t even mention the other alternative: the phone company… namely FairPoint Communications, the dominant landline provider in the state.  As some businesses and consumers panicked over the loss of their dial tones, they evidently forgot all about the company many New Englanders disconnected from their lives just a few years ago. (2 minutes)

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