Exhibit 24.1
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Shirley J. Linn and Garrett Van Osdell signing singly, and with full
power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)      prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports
the undersigned may be required to file in connection
with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of
the Company;

(3)      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form with the SEC and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)      take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney
-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

This Power of Attorney may be executed in counterparts and all such duly
executed counterparts shall together constitute the same instrument.  This Power
of Attorney shall not revoke any powers of attorney previously executed by the
undersigned.  This Power of Attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent
power of attorney that the undersigned may execute, unless such subsequent power
of attorney expressly provides that it revokes this Power of Attorney by
referring to the date and subject hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 12th day of May, 2014.




                                                    /s/ Peter D. Aquino
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                                                    Peter D. Aquino



STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

MECKLENBURG COUNTY


On the 12th day of May in the year 2014 before me, the undersigned,
personally appeared Peter D. Aquino, personally known to me or proved to me on
the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he or she executed the same
in his or her capacity, and that by his or her signature on the instrument, the
individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed
the instrument.




(Official Seal)                                  /s/ M. Tyler Helms
M. TYLER HELMS                                  --------------------------------
     NOTARY                                      M. Tyler Helms, Notary Public
     PUBLIC
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC                  My Commission Expires: February 28, 2017