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| Verizon Massachusetts Verizon Rhode Island | |
| Formerly | New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (1883–2000) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1883; 143 years ago (1883) |
| Headquarters | , US |
Area served | Massachusetts,Rhode Island |
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| Products | POTS,DSL,FiOS (FTTP) |
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Verizon New England, Inc., is aBell Operating Company that once covered most of New England but now only serves most ofMassachusetts and all ofRhode Island.[1][2] It was formerly theNew England Telephone and Telegraph Company, more commonly known asNew England Telephone, which for seven decades served most of theNew England area of theUnited States as a part of the originalAT&T. New England Telephone's original coverage area includedMaine,New Hampshire, andVermont as well as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Verizon has sold off service in the northern three states, which as of 2020 were served byConsolidated Communications.
After theBell System divestiture from AT&T, New England Telephone merged withNew York Telephone to formNYNEX in 1984. NYNEX was acquired byBell Atlantic in 1997. In 2000, Bell Atlantic bought GTE and changed its own name to Verizon. New England Telephone was then renamed Verizon New England.
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company (N.E.T.&T. Co.) was incorporated in the state of New York in 1883 by consolidation of The Bay State Telephone Co., The Boston & Northern Telephone Co., The Granite State Telephone Co., The National Bell Telephone Company of Maine, Suburban Telephone Co., Pioneer Telephone Co., Chesire Telephone Co., and The Telephone Despatch Company of Boston. It gained a controlling interest in smaller regional companies in New England, including the Southern Massachusetts telephone Co. (1899) and Providence Telephone Co. (1912). The smaller companies were subsequently absorbed by N.E.T.&T.[3]
The company has no connection to an earlierNew England Telephone and Telegraph Company, a short-lived company that dissolved in 1879. It also had no connection toSouthern New England Telephone (SNET) which coveredConnecticut.
NYNEX was acquired byBell Atlantic in 1997 and began doing business under that name; however, New England Telephone retained its original corporate name. In 2000, Bell Atlantic boughtGTE and changed its own name toVerizon. New England Telephone was then renamedVerizon New England, Inc.
On April 1, 2008, Verizon's operations in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont were sold toFairPoint Communications asNorthern New England Telephone Operations andTelephone Operating Company of Vermont. In 2017, FairPoint sold them toConsolidated Communications.
Workers of Verizon New England are represented by the IBEW 2222 labor union.
Verizon New England is headquartered at 6Bowdoin Square in downtown Boston, with regional headquarters at 1070 Hancock Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Verizon New England is regulated the oversight of the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable[4] and the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission.[5]
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