The group's principal activity is to provide communication services with 19,647 access lines in new york state and 10,665 in new jersey. the group's segments consist of a local telephone operation and an internet access provider. the telephone operation offers local, long distance and cellular telephone service to customers in the towns of warwick, goshen, and wallkill, new york and the townships of vernon and west milford, new jersey, alongwith providing access services to interexchange carriers and the selling and leasing of equipment. hometown online, inc. (online), the internet access segment offers connectivity to the internet as well as local and regional information services to personal computer users. service is offered within the company's service area and also in new york, new jersey and pennsylvania. telephone operation services accounted for 78% of 2001 revenues and internet access services, 22%.