PORTLAND, Maine — Executives with FairPoint Communications Inc. will have plenty of questions to answer Wednesday when they face the utility regulatory boards from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont — at the same time.

It's highly unusual — if not unprecedented — to have all three states' regulatory boards hold a joint meeting, but it speaks to the gravity of the situation for FairPoint, which has been plagued by ongoing order-fulfillment, customer service, billing and other problems in the three states. story continues..