**Exhibit 21**

**FAIRPOINTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC.(formerly known as MJD Communications, Inc.)SUBSIDIARIES**
| Name                                                 | ** ** | ** **   | ** ** | ** ** | **Jurisdiction   of Incorporation** | ** ** |
|------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------------|------------|------------|-------------------------------------|------------|
| **ST Enterprises, Ltd.**                             | ** ** | **Kansas**   |
| FairPoint  Vermont, Inc.                        |       | 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     |
| 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     |
| The Orwell Telephone  Company                        |       | Ohio         |
| Orwell  Communications, Inc.                    |       | Ohio         |
| The Germantown  Independent Telephone Company        |       | Ohio         |
| Germantown Long Distance  Company                    |       | Ohio         |
| GITCO Sales, Inc.                               |       | Ohio         |
| GIT-CELL, Inc.                                  |       | Ohio         |

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| 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         |
| Unite Communications  Systems, Inc.                                                |       | Missouri         |
| ExOp of Missouri, Inc.  d/b/a Unite                                                |       | Missouri         |
| 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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