Frontier Communications Corporation
                                3 High Ridge Park
                           Stamford, Connecticut 06905
                                 (203) 614-5675

                                 August 4, 2009

BY EDGAR - CORRESPONDENCE
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC  20549

Re:      Frontier Communications Corporation
         Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008
         Filed February 27, 2009
         File No. 1-11001
         Notice of Extension to Respond to Commission Comments
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Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Reference is made to the letter, dated July 21, 2009, from the Staff of the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  setting forth the Staff's  comments on the
Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December  31,  2008 of  Frontier
Communications  Corporation  (the "Company") and the Company's Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2009. As per my conversation  with Joseph Kempf,  Senior
Staff  Accountant,  the Company  intends to respond to the  Staff's  comments no
later than August 28, 2009.

     Please  let me know if this will be a  problem.  I can be  reached at (203)
614-5675.

                                     Sincerely,

                                     /s/ David G. Schwartz
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                                     David G. Schwartz
                                     Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
                                     and Assistant Secretary