Business Concentrations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Business Concentrations [Abstract]

Business Concentrations

Business Concentrations

Geographic

As of December 31, 2013, approximately 85% of the Company's access line equivalents were located in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. As a result of this geographic concentration, the Company's financial results will depend significantly upon economic conditions in these markets. A deterioration or recession in any of these markets could result in a decrease in demand for the Company's services and a resulting loss of access line equivalents which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and/or the market price of the Company's outstanding securities.

In addition, if state regulators in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont were to take an action that is adverse to the Company's operations in those states, the Company could suffer greater harm from that action by state regulators than it would from action in other states because of the concentration of operations in those states.

Labor

As of December 31, 2013, we employed a total of 3,171 employees, 2,017, or 64%, of whom were covered by 14 collective bargaining agreements. As of December 31, 2013, approximately 1,800 employees were covered by three collective bargaining agreements that expire during 2014.