**EXHIBIT 21**

**FAIRPOINTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC.(formerly known as MJD Communications, Inc.)SUBSIDIARIES**
| **Name**                                     | ** ** | **Jurisdiction of Incorporation** |
|----------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------|
| **ST Enterprises, Ltd.**                     | ** ** | **Kansas**                        |
| STE/NE  Acquisition Corp. (d/b/a Northland   |       |                              |
| Telephone Co. of  Vermont)                   |       | Delaware                          |
| Sunflower  Telephone Company, Inc.           |       | Kansas                            |
| Northland  Telephone Company of Maine, Inc.  |       | Maine                             |
| ST Computer  Resources, Inc.                 |       | Kansas                            |
| ST Long  Distance, Inc.                      |       | Delaware                          |
| **MJD Ventures, Inc.**                       | ** ** | **Delaware**                      |
| Marianna and  Scenery Hill Telephone Company |       | Pennsylvania                      |
| Marianna Tel,  Inc.                          |       | Pennsylvania                      |
| Bentleyville  Communications Corporation     |       | Pennsylvania                      |
| BE Mobile  Communications, Incorporated      |       | Pennsylvania                      |
| The Columbus  Grove Telephone Company        |       | Ohio                              |
| Quality One  Technologies, Inc.              |       | Ohio                              |
| C-R  Communications, Inc.                    |       | Illinois                          |
| C-R Telephone  Company                       |       | Illinois                          |
| C-R Long  Distance, Inc.                     |       | Illinois                          |
| Taconic  Telephone Corp.                     |       | New York                          |
| Taconic Cellular  Corp.                      |       | New York                          |
| Taconic  Technology Corp.                    |       | New York                          |
| Taconic TelCom  Corp.                        |       | New York                          |
| Taconet Wireless  Corp.                      |       | New York                          |
| Ellensburg  Telephone Company                |       | Washington                        |
| Elltel Long  Distance Corp.                  |       | Delaware                          |
| Sidney Telephone  Company                    |       | Maine                             |
| Utilities, Inc.                              |       | Maine                             |
| Standish  Telephone Company                  |       | Maine                             |
| China Telephone  Company                     |       | Maine                             |
| Maine Telephone  Company                     |       | Maine                             |
| UI Long  Distance, Inc.                      |       | Maine                             |
| UI Communications,  Inc.                     |       | Maine                             |
| UI Telecom, Inc.                             |       | Maine                             |
| Telephone  Service Company                   |       | Maine                             |
| Chouteau  Telephone Company                  |       | Oklahoma                          |
| Chautauqua and  Erie Telephone Corporation   |       | New York                          |
| Chautauqua &  Erie Communications, Inc.  |       |                              |
| (d/b/a C& E  Teleadvantage)              |       | New York                          |
| Chautauqua &  Erie Network, Inc.         |       | New York                          |
| C & E  Communications, Ltd.              |       | New York                          |

 

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| The Orwell  Telephone Company                                                           |       | Ohio             |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------------|
| Orwell  Communications, Inc.                                                            |       | Ohio             |
| GTC  Communications, Inc. (f/k/a TPG Communications, Inc.)                              |       | Delaware         |
| St. Joe  Communications, Inc.                                                           |       | Florida          |
| GTC, Inc.                                                                               |       | Florida          |
| GTC Finance  Corporation (f/k/a TPGC Finance Corporation)                               |       | Delaware         |
| Peoples Mutual  Telephone Company                                                       |       | Virginia         |
| 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.                                                        |       | New York         |
| Community  Service Telephone Co.                                                        |       | Maine            |
| Commtel  Communications Inc.                                                            |       | Maine            |
| **MJD Services Corp.**                                                                  | ** ** | **Delaware**     |
| Bluestem  Telephone Company                                                             |       | Delaware         |
| Big Sandy  Telecom, Inc.                                                                |       | Delaware         |
| FairPoint  Communications Missouri, Inc.                                                |       | Missouri         |
| 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.**                                                    | ** ** | **Delaware**     |
| (f/k/a FairPoint Communications Solutions Corp.,  f/k/a FairPoint Communications Corp.) |       |             |
| 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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