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Telephone and Data Systems, (through its subsidiary TDS) serves mainly rural areas in parts of 36 states. [ 3 ] Altafiber , which serves the greater Cincinnati area , and Hawaii due to its acquisition of Hawaiian Telcom [ 4 ] was not included in the Bell System breakup of 1984 because the former AT&T held only a minority stake in that company.
Qwest Corporation is a Regional Bell Operating Company owned by Lumen Technologies.It was formerly named U S WEST Communications, Inc. from 1991 to 2000. It was also named Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company–later Mountain Bell from 1911 to 1991.
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. is an American telecommunications company. [6] Known as Citizens Utilities Company until 2000, [7] Citizens Communications Company until 2008, [8] and Frontier Communications Corporation until 2020, [6] as a communications provider [9] with a fiber-optic network [10] and cloud-based services, [11] Frontier offers broadband internet, digital television, and ...
Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative (CATC) is a non-profit rural telephone utility cooperative serving the cities of Bismarck and Donaldson and the surrounding rural areas of Hot Spring County, Arkansas . CATC was formed in 1951 after repeated efforts to lure the larger telephone companies into serving the area failed.
The telephone played a major communications role in American history from the 1876 publication of its first patent by Alexander Graham Bell onward. In the 20th century the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) dominated the telecommunication market as the at times largest company in the world, until it was broken up and replaced by a ...
NTCA.org. NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA) is a membership association with the goal of improving communications services in rural America. With a membership comprising over 850 independent rural American telecommunications companies in 46 states, [1] [2] NTCA provides training and employee benefit packages to its members. [3]
The Alabama Telephone Company was an American independent telephone company in Northwest Alabama, operating in the mid-20th century and serving Pickens County, Fayette County, and the Haleyville area. [1] At its peak, it was the largest telephone company in Alabama outside of the Bell System. [2] It is best known for being the first telephone ...
1882: A telephone company—an American Bell Telephone Company affiliate—is set up in Mexico City. 14 May 1883: The Adelaide exchange was opened, with 48 subscribers. [15] 7 September 1883: The Port Adelaide exchange was opened, with 21 subscribers. [15] 4 September 1884: Opening of telephone service between New York and Boston (235 miles). [23]