On July 23, 2012, FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the "Company") issued the press release that is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing its plans to expand broadband Internet to 53 towns across Vermont, leveraging $2 million from the Federal Communications Commission's Connect America Fund, or CAF, established last year with the sole purpose to accelerate broadband buildout to the 18 million Americans living in rural areas who currently have no access to robust broadband services.

(d) Exhibits

                             Exhibit
                             Number    Description

                             99.1      Press Release

The information contained herein and in Exhibit 99.1 hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information contained herein and in Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.