Frontier Communications of Connecticut
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| Frontier Communications of Connecticut | |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Headquarters | New Haven, Connecticut |
Key people | |
| Products | Local Telephone Service, Broadband |
Number of employees | 2700 |
| Parent | SNET (1986–1998) SBC/AT&T Inc. (1998–2014) Frontier (2014–2026) Verizon (2026-present) |
| Website | http://www.frontier.com/ |
The Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET), doing business as Frontier Communications of Connecticut, is a local exchange carrier owned by Frontier Communications.
History
[edit]It started operations on January 28, 1878, as the District Telephone Company of New Haven, in the U.S. state of Connecticut.[1] It was the founder of the first telephone exchange, as well as the world's first telephone book. Since its inception, SNET has held a monopoly on most of the telephone services in the state of Connecticut; the only remaining exceptions are the Greenwich and Byram exchanges where Verizon New York provides telephone service.[2]
SNET and Cincinnati Bell were the only two companies in the Bell System in which the old AT&T only held a minority stake; at the time of the breakup of the Bell System on January 1, 1984, AT&T's stake in SNET was 19.6 percent. Therefore, both were considered independents rather than Bell Operating Companies.
Sale to SBC
[edit]SNET was purchased for $4.4 billion in 1998 by SBC Communications, which subsequently purchased the old AT&T, taking its name as the "new" AT&T. Under AT&T, SNET was known as AT&T Connecticut.
In 2006, AT&T merged the operations of SNET into AT&T Teleholdings, formerly Ameritech, making it a subsidiary of the latter.
On June 1, 2007, the operations of Woodbury Telephone were merged into SNET.
Sale to Frontier
[edit]On October 24, 2014, Frontier Communications completed its purchase of AT&T's Connecticut operations, including Southern New England Telephone and long-distance unit SNET America, for $2 billion.[3] It was the second former unit of the Bell System to be acquired by Frontier, the first being Frontier West Virginia (originally C&P Telephone of West Virginia) which was purchased from Verizon in 2010.
Sale to Verizon
[edit]On September 5, 2024 Verizon announced that it will acquire Frontier Communications for $20 billion. This acquisition was completed on January 20, 2026. As a result, Verizon took control of Frontier's operations, including SNET.[4]
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- History – University of Connecticut Libraries
- "AT&T Press Release Headlines & News from AT&T". att.com. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
References
[edit]- ↑ First Commercial Telephone Exchange – Today in History: January 28, Connecticut's Office of the State Historian
- ↑ AT&T SNET Fairfield County White Pages, Customer Service Guide page 14, "Local Toll-free Calling Areas", August 2006 edition
- ↑ Pilon, Matt (June 6, 2018). "Frontier's CT losses spike". HartfordBusiness.com. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- ↑ "Verizon to acquire Frontier". www.verizon.com. 2024-09-05. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
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