(NEW YORK)Standard & Poor's indicated Thursday that it may lower the debt rating of FairPoint Communications Inc. The ratings agency said the Charlotte, N.C.-based company has lost an unexpe...READ MORE

(PORTLAND, Maine)FairPoint Communications Inc. says it's ready for the final step of completing its takeover of Verizon's land lines in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.READ MORE

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.)FairPoint Communications Inc. confirmed Thursday it is searching for a successor to Chairman and Chief Executive Eugene Johnson but said it has no deadline to replace him.READ MORE

Adam and Anita Paulk had a nice home outside Temple, Texas, with a big yard and a 10-minute commute to his job. But in Internet terms, the house was on Slow Lane. There was no high...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)AT&T Inc., the country's largest Internet service provider, is testing the idea of limiting the amount of data that subscribers can use each month. AT&T will initially apply the li...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)In many rural areas, people who want high-speed Internet access have only one option: relatively slow and expensive satellite dishes. Now parts of rural Vermont could get a new cho...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)CenturyTel Inc. Monday said it will buy Embarq Corp., a larger fellow phone company, for stock initially valued at $5.8 billion. Analysts said the move was a harbinger of further d...READ MORE