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Exhibit 21

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(formerly known as MJD Communications, Inc.)
SUBSIDIARIES

Name				Jurisdiction of Incorporation
ST Enterprises, Ltd.				Kansas
	STE/NE Acquisition Corp. (d/b/a Northland Telephone Co. of Vermont)			Delaware
		Sunflower Telephone Company, Inc.		Kansas
		Northland Telephone Company of Maine, Inc.		Maine
		ST Computer Resources, Inc.		Kansas
		ST Long Distance, Inc.		Delaware
MJD Ventures, Inc.				Delaware
	Marianna and Scenery Hill Telephone Company			Pennsylvania
		Marianna Tel, Inc.		Pennsylvania
	The Columbus Grove Telephone Company			Ohio
		Quality One Technologies, Inc.		Ohio
	C-R Communications, Inc.			Illinois
		C-R Telephone Company		Illinois
			C-R Cellular, Inc.	Illinois
		C-R Long Distance, Inc.		Illinois
	Taconic Telephone Corp.			New York
		Taconic Cellular Corp.		New York
		Taconic Technology Corp.		New York
		Taconic TelCom Corp.		New York
		Taconet Wireless Corp.		New York
		Taconet Corp.		New York
	Ellensburg Telephone Company			Washington
		Elltel Long Distance Corp.		Delaware
	Sidney Telephone Company			Maine
	Utilities, Inc.			Maine
		Standish Telephone Company		Maine
		China Telephone Company		Maine
		Maine Telephone Company		Maine
		UI Long Distance, Inc.		Maine
		UI Communications, Inc.		Maine
		UI Telecom, Inc.		Maine
	Telephone Service Company			Maine
	Chouteau Telephone Company			Oklahoma
		Chouteau Telecommunications & Electronics, Inc.		Oklahoma
	Chautauqua and Erie Telephone Corporation			New York
		Chautauqua & Erie Communications, Inc.
		(d/b/a C & E Teleadvantage)		New York
		Chautauqua & Erie Network, Inc.		New York
		C & E Communications, Ltd.		New York
		Western New York Cellular, Inc.		New York
			Chautauqua Cable, Inc.	New York
	The Orwell Telephone Company			Ohio
		Orwell Communications, Inc.		Ohio
	GTC Communications, Inc. (f/k/a TPG Communications, Inc.)			Delaware
		St. Joe Communications, Inc.		Florida

			GTC, Inc.		Florida
				GTC Finance Corporation (f/k/a TPGC Finance Corporation)	Delaware
	Peoples Mutual Telephone Company				Virginia
		Peoples Mutual Services Company			Virginia
		Peoples Mutual Long Distance Company			Virginia
	Fremont Telcom Co.				Idaho
		Fremont Broadband, LLC			Delaware
	Fretel Communications, LLC				Idaho
	Comerco, Inc.				Washington
		YCOM Networks, Inc.			Washington
	FairPoint Berkshire Corporation				New York
	Community Service Telephone Co.				Maine
	Commtel Communications Inc.				Maine
MJD Services Corp.					Delaware
	Bluestem Telephone Company				Delaware
	Big Sandy Telecom, Inc.				Delaware
	Odin Telephone Exchange, Inc.				Illinois
	Columbine Telecom Company (f/k/a Columbine Acquisition Corp.)				Delaware
	Ravenswood Communications, Inc.				Illinois
		The El Paso Telephone Company			Illinois
			Gemcell, Inc.		Illinois
		El Paso Long Distance Company			Illinois
	Yates City Telephone Company				Illinois
FairPoint Carrier Services, Inc.					Delaware
(f/k/a FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp., f/k/a FairPoint Communications Corp.)
		FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp.—New York			Delaware
		FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp.—Virginia			Delaware
FairPoint Broadband, Inc.					Delaware
MJD Capital Corp.					South Dakota

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Exhibit 21