Exhibit 10.27


                       FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT
        (For Named Executive Officers other than Mary Agnes Wilderotter)

     This Agreement is made as of  _________________  ("Date of Award")  between
Frontier Communications  Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and
______________  (the  "Grantee").  In  consideration of the agreements set forth
below, the Company and the Grantee agree as follows:

     1.   Grant: A restricted  stock award  ("Award") of ________ shares ("Award
          Shares") of the  Company's  common  stock  ("Common  Stock") is hereby
          granted by the  Company to the  Grantee  subject to: (i) the terms and
          conditions of that certain  [Memorandum  from Mary Agnes  Wilderotter,
          Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer of the Company,  dated September
          7,  2007,   addressed   to  the  Grantee   (the   "Change  in  Control
          Memorandum")]  [amendment,  dated  December __, 2008, to the Grantee's
          Offer Letter dated _____, 200_ (the "Amended Offer Letter")]; (ii) the
          following  terms  and  conditions;  and (iii)  the  provisions  of the
          Amended and Restated  2000 Equity  Incentive  Plan (the  "Plan"),  the
          terms of which are incorporated by reference herein. In the event of a
          conflict  between the [Change in Control  Memorandum]  [Amended  Offer
          Letter] and the terms and conditions  stated herein,  the terms of the
          [Change in Control Memorandum] [Amended Offer Letter] shall control.

     2.   Transfer  Restrictions:  None  of the  Award  Shares  shall  be  sold,
          assigned,   pledged   or   otherwise   transferred,   voluntarily   or
          involuntarily,  by the Grantee until such time as the  restrictions on
          said Award Shares shall have lapsed.

     3.   Release of Restrictions:  Except as otherwise  provided in the [Change
          in Control  Memorandum]  [Amended Offer Letter],  the restrictions set
          forth in Section 2 above shall  lapse on  one-four  (25%) of the Award
          Shares on each [GRANT DATE]  beginning in [YEAR FOLLOWING GRANT DATE],
          and ending on [FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF GRANT DATE].

     4.   Forfeiture: Subject to the terms of the [Change in Control Memorandum]
          [Amended  Offer  Letter],   the  Award  Shares  shall  be  subject  to
          forfeiture to the Company upon the Grantee's termination of employment
          with the Company prior to the date the restrictions  lapse as provided
          in Section 3 above.

     5.   Adjustment of Shares: Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
          contrary,  in the event of any change in the outstanding  Common Stock
          resulting  from a  subdivision  or  consolidation  of shares,  whether
          through reorganization,  recapitalization,  share split, reverse share
          split, share distribution or combination of shares or the payment of a
          share  dividend,  the Award Shares shall be treated in the same manner
          in any such  transaction  as other Common  Stock.  Any Common Stock or
          other  securities  received by the Grantee  with  respect to the Award
          Shares in any such  transaction  shall be subject to the  restrictions
          and conditions set forth herein.


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     6.   Rights as  Stockholder:  The  Grantee  shall be entitled to all of the
          rights of a stockholder with respect to the Award Shares including the
          right  to  vote  such  shares  and  to  receive  dividends  and  other
          distributions  payable  with  respect to such shares since the Date of
          Award.  Any stock dividends  payable with respect to such shares shall
          bear the same restrictions as the underlying shares. Said restrictions
          shall lapse at the same time as  restrictions  lapse on the underlying
          shares.

     7.   Escrow of Share Certificates:  Certificates for the Award Shares shall
          be issued  in the  Grantee's  name and shall be held by the  Company's
          transfer  agent  until  all  restrictions  lapse  or such  shares  are
          forfeited  as  provided  herein or under the terms of the  [Change  in
          Control  Memorandum]   [Amended  Offer  Letter],   as  applicable.   A
          certificate or certificates  representing the Award Shares as to which
          restrictions  have lapsed shall be delivered to the Grantee,  upon the
          Grantee's request, upon such lapse.

     8.   Government Regulations:  Notwithstanding  anything contained herein to
          the   contrary,   the   Company's   obligation  to  issue  or  deliver
          certificates  evidencing  the Award  Shares  shall be  subject  to all
          applicable  laws,  rules and  regulations and to such approvals by any
          governmental  agencies  or  national  securities  exchanges  as may be
          required.

     9.   Withholding  Taxes:  The  Company  shall have the right to require the
          Grantee to remit to the  Company,  or to withhold  from other  amounts
          payable  to the  Grantee,  as  compensation  or  otherwise,  an amount
          sufficient  to satisfy all federal,  state and local  withholding  tax
          requirements.  The  Company  will  offer  Grantee  the  right  to have
          withholding  requirements  satisfied by the Company's  withholding  of
          shares upon the timely  written  election of Grantee to utilize shares
          for withholding tax purposes.

     10.  Employment:  Nothing in this  Agreement  shall confer upon Grantee any
          right to continue in the employ of Company,  nor shall it interfere in
          any  way  with  the  right  of  the  Company  to  terminate  Grantee's
          employment at any time.

     11.  Plan: Grantee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, agrees to be
          bound  by  the  terms  and  provisions  of  the  Plan  and  agrees  to
          acknowledge,  upon request of Company,  receipt of any  prospectus  or
          prospectus amendment provided to Grantee by Company.

     12.  Securities  Laws:   Grantee  agrees  to  comply  with  all  applicable
          securities laws upon sale or disposition of shares acquired hereunder.


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     13.  Notices: Notices to Company shall be addressed to it at:

                           3 High Ridge Park
                           Stamford, CT  06905

                                      and to Grantee at:

                           ____________________
                           ____________________

          Company  or  Grantee  may  from  time to  time  designate  in  writing
          different  addresses  for  receipt of notice.  Notice  shall be deemed
          given when properly addressed and sent first class or express mail.


     14.  Governing  Law:  The terms of this  Agreement  shall be  binding  upon
          Company,  Grantee and their  respective  successors and assigns.  This
          Agreement  shall be performed  under and determined in accordance with
          the laws of the State of Connecticut.

     In Witness Whereof,  the Company has caused this Award to be granted on the
date first above written.


FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

By:__________________________________              _________________________
Hilary Glassman                                             [GRANTEE]
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary