FairPoint may have used faked data in start up

Regulators in Vermont and two other states are looking into charges that FairPoint Communications misrepresented its ability to take over the region’s phone network from Verizon during a review by a consultant hired by the states. FairPoint took over the network in February and since then has had an unending stream of consumer complaints. An anonymous e-mail from someone claiming to be a FairPoint insider charged that during tests leading up to the changeover, FairPoint created a computer program to fake a demonstration of its readiness. There’s no immediate response from FairPoint.