Exhibit 21

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.  SUBSIDIARIES

|Name                 |                                                                     | Jurisdiction of Incorporation                                    
|-------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------
|ST Enterprises, Ltd. |                                                                     | Kansas                                                           
|                     | STE/NE Acquisition Corp. (d/b/a Northland Telephone Co. of Vermont) |                                                                  
|                     | Sunflower Telephone Company, Inc.                                   |                                                                  
|                     | Northland Telephone Company of Maine, Inc.                          |                                                                  
|                     | ST Computer Resources, Inc.                                         |                                                                  
|                     | ST Long Distance, Inc.                                              |                                                                  
|MJD Ventures, Inc.   |                                                                     | Delaware                                                         
|                     | Marianna and Scenery Hill Telephone Company                         |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | Marianna Tel, Inc.                                               
|                     | FairPoint Bentleyville Corporation                                  |                                                                  
|                     | The Columbus Grove Telephone Company                                |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | Quality One Technologies, Inc.                                   
|                     | C-R Communications, Inc.                                            |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | C-R Telephone Company                                            
|                     |                                                                     | C-R Long Distance, Inc.                                          
|                     | Taconic Telephone Corp.                                             |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | Taconic Cellular Corp.                                           
|                     |                                                                     | Taconic Technology Corp.                                         
|                     |                                                                     | Taconic TelCom Corp.                                             
|                     |                                                                     | Taconet Wireless Corp.                                           
|                     |                                                                     | Taconet Corp.                                                    
|                     | Ellensburg Telephone Company                                        |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | Elltel Long Distance Corp.                                       
|                     | Sidney Telephone Company                                            |                                                                  
|                     | Utilities, Inc.                                                     |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | Standish Telephone Company                                       
|                     |                                                                     | China Telephone Company                                          
|                     |                                                                     | Maine Telephone Company                                          
|                     |                                                                     | UI Long Distance, Inc.                                           
|                     |                                                                     | UI Communications, Inc.                                          
|                     |                                                                     | UI Telecom, Inc.                                                 
|                     | Telephone Service Company                                           |                                                                  
|                     | Chouteau Telephone Company                                          |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | Chouteau Telecommunications & Electronics, Inc.                  
|                     | Chautauqua and Erie Telephone Corporation                           |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | Chautauqua & Erie Communications, Inc. (d/b/a C& E Teleadvantage)
|                     |                                                                     | Chautauqua & Erie Network, Inc.                                  
|                     |                                                                     | C & E Communications, Ltd.                                       
|                     |                                                                     | Western New York Cellular, Inc.                                  
|                     |                                                                     |                                                                  
|                     | The Orwell Telephone Company                                        |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | Orwell Communications, Inc.                                      
|                     | GTC Communications, Inc. (f/k/a TPG Communications, Inc.)           |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     | St. Joe Communications, Inc.                                     
|                     |                                                                     |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     |                                                                  
|                     | Peoples Mutual Telephone Company                                    |                                                                  
|                     |                                                                     |                                                                  

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|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | Peoples Mutual Services Company                   |                                 | Virginia  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ----------
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | Peoples Mutual Long Distance Company              |                                 | Virginia  
|                                                                                                                       | Fremont Telcom Co.                                            |                                                   | Idaho                          
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | Fremont Broadband, LLC                            |                                 | Delaware  
|                                                                                                                       | Fretel Communications, LLC                                    |                                                   | Idaho                          
|                                                                                                                       | Comerco, Inc.                                                 |                                                   | Washington                     
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | YCOM Networks, Inc.                               |                                 | Washington
|                                                                                                                       | Berkshire Telephone Corporation                               |                                                   | New York                       
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | Berkshire Cable Corp.                             |                                 | New York  
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | Berkshire Net, Inc.                               |                                 | New York  
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | Berkshire Cellular, Inc.                          |                                 | New York  
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               |                                                   | Berkshire New York Access, Inc. |           
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | Community Service Telephone Co.                   |                                 | Maine     
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | Commtel Communications Inc.                       |                                 | Maine     
|MJD Services Corp.                                                                                                     |                                                               | Delaware                                         
|                                                                                                                       | Bluestem Telephone Company                                    |                                                   | Delaware                       
|                                                                                                                       | Big Sandy Telecom, Inc.                                       |                                                   | Delaware                       
|                                                                                                                       | Odin Telephone Exchange, Inc.                                 |                                                   | Illinois                       
|                                                                                                                       | Columbine Telecom Company (f/k/a Columbine Acquisition Corp.) |                                                   | Delaware                       
|                                                                                                                       | Ravenswood Communications, Inc.                               |                                                   | Illinois                       
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | The El Paso Telephone Company                     |                                 | Illinois  
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | El Paso Long Distance Company                     |                                 | Illinois  
|                                                                                                                       | Yates City Telephone Company                                  |                                                   | Illinois                       
|FairPoint Carrier Services, Inc.(f/k/a FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp., f/k/a FairPoint Communications Corp.) |                                                               | Delaware                                         
|FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp.New York                                                                      |                                                               | Delaware                                         
|                                                                                                                       |                                                               | FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp.Virginia |                                 | Virginia  
|FairPoint Broadband, Inc.                                                                                              |                                                               | Delaware                                         
|MJD Capital Corp.                                                                                                      |                                                               | South Dakota                                     

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