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Altafiber is the new name of Cincinnati Bell, a regional telecommunications service provider in the US, since 2022. It offers landline telephone, fiber-optic Internet, and IPTV services through its subsidiaries in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Hawaii.
The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies that dominated the telephone services industry in North America from 1877 to 1983. It was often called Ma Bell, a colloquial term for the vertical monopoly that held a patent for the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell.
Learn how the Bell System, a monopoly of local telephone service in the U.S., was divided into seven independent companies in 1984 by a consent decree. Find out the effects of the breakup on competition, rates, and access charges in the telecommunications industry.
Buckeye Express (BEX) is an email service offered by Buckeye Broadband, a cable and telecommunications company in Ohio and Michigan. As of January 17, 2023, new BEX emails will not be created and customers will keep full access to their existing emails.
Learn about the history and evolution of the Baby Bells, the local telephone companies that emerged from the 1984 breakup of AT&T. Find out which companies still exist, how they merged, and what happened to the Bell trademarks.
Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was designed by Harry Hake, and listed in the National Register on April 20, 1995. The Cincinnati Bell Company opened its building at Seventh and Elm streets in 1931. At that time, it housed the world's longest straight switchboard, with ...
Windstream Holdings is a private telecommunications company that offers voice and data network communications and managed services to businesses and broadband, phone and TV services to consumers. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of Alltel's local telephone service and Valor Communications Group, and filed for bankruptcy in 2019 after a bond default.
Learn how the telephone evolved from a local service to a global network in the U.S. from 1876 to 2023. Explore the role of AT&T, Bell System, and other companies in the development and regulation of the telecommunication industry.