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Over the course of the last few months, a number of state regulatory agencies have considered the proposed acquisition of a local exchange carrier (LEC) group, FairPoint Communications, by a telecommunications conglomerate, Consolidated Communications Holdings. Soon after the FCC took action to authorize the merger to proceed, other states began to follow suit. Maine relied on proposed settlements in ruling that the merger should be approved.
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