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CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 17 CFR 240.13a-14
PROMULGATED UNDER
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Ajay Sabherwal, certify that:
- 1.
- I
have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of FairPoint Communications, Inc. (the "Company");
- 2.
- Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Quarterly Report;
- 3.
- Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Quarterly Report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this Quarterly Report;
- 4.
- The
Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:
- (i)
- Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
- (ii)
- Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
- (iii)
- Evaluated
the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Quarterly Report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report based on such evaluation; and
- (iv)
- disclosed
in this Quarterly Report any change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent
fiscal quarter (the Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over
financial reporting;
- 5.
- The
Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
Company's auditors and the audit committee of the Company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
- (i)
- All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
- (ii)
- Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Date:
August 5, 2010
/s/ AJAY SABHERWAL Ajay Sabherwal Chief Financial Officer |
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 17 CFR 240.13a-14 PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002