Fourth largest local exchange carrier in the United States.
Headquarters:
Monroe, Louisiana
Service Area:
33 states: AL, AK, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE. NV, NJ, NM, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI & WY
History:
Incorporated as Central Telephone and Electronics in 1968. Company has grown through acquisition by purchasing La Crosse Telephone Corp in 1972, Universal Telephone in 1989, Central Telephone Co. of Ohio in 1992, Embarq in 2008 and Qwest in 2010.
Primary Competition:
AT&T, Verizon, Cox & TW Telecom
Strengths:
- Access Lines
- Residential Internet, Video & Voice
Restrictions:
- Disparate Network due to Acquisition
Product Offerings:
- Business Phone Lines
- DSL
- Phone & Internet Service Bundles
- Ethernet
- Private Line
