NOTIFICATION OF THE REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND
REGISTRATION OF THE STATED SECURITIES

New York Stock Exchange LLC (the ?Exchange? or the ?NYSE?)
hereby notifies the SEC of its intention to remove the
entire class of Common Stock (the ?Common Stock?) of
Fairpoint Communications Inc. (the ?Company?) from listing
and registration on the Exchange at the opening of business
on November 27, 2009, pursuant to the provisions of
Rule 12d2-2(b), because, in the opinion of the Exchange,
the Common Stock is no longer suitable for continued
listing and trading on the Exchange.  The Exchange?s action
is being taken in view of the Company?s October 26, 2009,
announcement that the Company and all of its subsidiaries
have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11
of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

The company had previously fallen below the NYSE?s
continued listing standard for average closing price
of less than $1.00 over a consecutive 30 trading day
period, as well as average global market capitalization
over a consecutive 30 trading day period of at least
$75 million and was in the process of submitting business
plan materials for our review.

1.  The Exchange?s Listed Company Manual (the ?LCM?),
subsection 802.01D (Bankruptcy and/or Liquidation),
states that the Exchange would normally give
consideration to suspending or removing from the
list a security of a company when an ?intent to
file under any of the sections of the bankruptcy
law has been announced or a filing has been made or
liquidation has been authorized and the company is
committed to proceed.?

2. The Exchange, on October 26, 2009, determined that
the Common Stock of the Company should be suspended
immediately from trading, and directed the preparation
and filing with the Commission of this application for
the removal of the Common Stock from listing and
registration on the Exchange. The Company was notified
by letter on October 26, 2009.

3.  Pursuant to the above authorization, a press release
was immediately issued and an announcement was made on the
?ticker? of the Exchange at the opening and at the close of
the trading session on October 26, 2009 of the suspension
of trading in the Common Stock. Similar information was
included on the Exchange?s website.

4. The Company had a right to appeal to the Committee for
Review of the Board of Directors of NYSE Regulation the
determination to delist its Common Stock, provided that it
filed a written request for such a review with the Secretary
of the Exchange within ten business days of receiving notice
of delisting determination.  On October 26, 2009, the Company
stated in its Form 8-K that it does not intend to contest the
suspension or delisting.