FairPoint Communications to Participate in the Drexel Hamilton Telecom, Media and Technology Conference

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 31, 2016 -- FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:FRP), a leading communications provider, today announced it will present at the Drexel Hamilton Telecom, Media and Technology Conference in New York, on September 7 at 9:40 a.m. EDT. Representing FairPoint will be CEO Paul Sunu, CFO Karen Turner and Paul Taaffe, vice president of corporate communications and development. FairPoint will also be hosting one-on-one meetings with investors.

About FairPoint Communications, Inc.
FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRP) provides advanced data, voice and video technologies to single and multi-site businesses, public and private institutions, consumers, wireless companies and wholesale re-sellers in 17 states. Leveraging an owned, fiber-based Ethernet network — with more than 21,000 route miles of fiber, including approximately 17,000 route miles of fiber in northern New England — FairPoint has the network coverage, scalable bandwidth and transport capacity to support enhanced applications, including the next generation of mobile and cloud-based communications, such as small cell wireless backhaul technology, voice over IP, data center colocation services, managed services and disaster recovery.  For more information, visit www.FairPoint.com.

Investor Relations Contact:
Paul Taaffe 
(704) 227-3623 
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