| Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Nevada Bell
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Pacific Northwest Bell
Mountain Bell
Northwestern Bell
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Southwestern Bell |
Illinois Bell
Indiana Bell
Wisconsin Telephone
Michigan Bell
Ohio Bell
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Southern Bell
South Central Bell |
C&P Telephone
Bell of Pennsylvania
New Jersey Bell
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New England Telephone
New York Telephone
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(purchased by SBC, 1998)
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(Merged with Qwest (a long
distance and fiber optic company), 2000)
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(Formed SBC Corp. in 1998 and
purchased Pacific Bell/Nevada Bell, Ameritech and
SNET) Still,
however operates wireline service in original territory under then
name Southwestern Bell)

is now*

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(purchased by SBC, 1999)
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 |
(purchased NYNEX and absorbed it)
(merged with GTE to become Verizon, 2000)
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(absorbed by Bell Atlantic in
1997) |