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Seven RBOCs were created from AT&T's local holdings...

My ILEC is Frontier Communications which is owned by Citizens Communications which is mainly known to serve rural areas. As far as anyone can tell me, they have been the ILEC as long as anyone can remember here. So, is it that the area I live wasn't part of AT&T or that there were more than 7 ILECS in 1984? I can't imagine this area didn't have telephone service in 1984, but I can't think of anything that proves it either.

This county (Orange, NY) used to be part of the 914 area code which was shared primarily with New York Telephone > NYNEX > Bell Atlantic > Verizon. Then, about 7-8 years ago, Westchester county was given the entire 914 area code and everyone left over was re-issued 845 area code numbers. Part of the county (mostly around West Point, NY) is served by Verizon. The rest of Orange and the entire Ulster and Sullivan counties are served by Frontier (as far as I have been able to tell).

PS- Frontier is by far the worst ILEC I have ever seen anywhere. It cost me over $50 per month to get a dialtone when I first moved in. Their DSL offering is slow and way overpriced compared to Road Runner cable. I'm sure serving a rural market isn't as lucrative as more populated areas, but their prices are way out of line. Also, nobody is able (or willing) to provide local phone service over their lines.

EDIT: Wikipedia says Citizens is not connected to AT&T or Bell, so maybe they just never were. Link


Edited by robricc (31/01/2006 22:12)