FairPoint faces $500,000 fine for missing service mark in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine telecommunications regulators want FairPoint Communications to pay a $500,000 fine for delivering below-standard service to landline customers who don’t necessarily make the company a profit.

Staff for the Maine Public Utilities Commission recommended the fine in a report Thursday. FairPoint will have an opportunity to dispute that report before the three-member commission issues a decision.

The case deals with a tough period of time for FairPoint, marked by the country’s largest and most-prolonged strike, which started in autumn 2014 and stretched into 2015.

Jordan McColman, the examiner in the case, wrote that the strike started more than two months after the expiration of the contract, which should have made clear the need to prepare for a possible strike.

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