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Exhibit 12.1

Frontier Communications Corporation

Statements of the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollars in Thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended June 30,			Years Ended December 31,
	2012			2011			2010			2009			2008			2007
Pre-tax income from continuing operations(1)	$	82,900		$	245,951		$	270,716		$	193,109		$	290,770		$	344,528
(Income) or loss from equity investees		522			864			(367	)		(994	)		(4,667	)		(4,655	)
Pre-tax income from continuing operations before (income) or loss from equity investees		83,422			246,815			270,349			192,115			286,103			339,873
Fixed charges		349,006			697,006			541,750			388,554			373,516			391,409
Distributed income of equity investees		—			—			780			1,532			3,935			4,064
Interest capitalized		(1,149	)		(8,414	)		(3,749	)		(1,714	)		(2,796	)		(2,857	)
Preference security dividend requirements of consolidated subsidiaries		—			—			—			—			(214	)		(246	)
Income attributable to the noncontrolling interest in a partnership		(7,732	)		(7,994	)		(3,044	)		(2,398	)		(1,614	)		(1,860	)
Total earnings	$	423,547		$	927,413		$	806,086		$	578,089		$	658,930		$	730,383
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(1)		1.21			1.33			1.49			1.49			1.76			1.87

⁽¹⁾  Includes losses on early extinguishment of debt or exchanges of debt of $70.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and $45.9 million, $6.3 million and $18.2 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges, adjusted to exclude losses on early extinguishment of debt or exchanges of debt were 1.42 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 1.61, 1.78 and 1.91 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

NOTE: The above calculation was performed in accordance with Regulation S-K 229.503(d) Ratio of earnings to fixed charges.