Re: edit in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15142918 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:42:21 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:42:21 EDT Re: edit http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15144288 anon : When Verizon first started they were buying up all the small locally owned cell-phone services in my area. The lowest price tag was $1.5M -- not bad for the guys that started those business' considering it was the right time for them to get into and get out of it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15144288 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 06:11:13 EDT Re: edit http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15142918 voiplover : Same - What ^He^ also. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15142918 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:43:59 EDT Re: edit http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135370 elbm : EDIT- What he ^ said-- beat me to it by that much!

Verizon is a combination of Bell Atlantic, Nynex and GTE. BA bought Nynex and stayed named BA and then the new BA bought GTE and took on the new name of Verizon. So Verizon is very much a Bell or RBOC if you prefer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135370 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:39:35 EDT Re: edit http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135357 aztecnology :
said by wethackrey See Profile :

Well actually Verizon is neither a 'Bell" nor a "RBOC". They are the renamed GTE, which never was a Bell, baby or otherwise. GTE (nee General Telephone) was at one point the major competitor of Bell's.
Mostly wrong.

"Verizon Communications is a New York City-based local exchange telephone company formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic, a former Bell Operating Company, and GTE, which was the largest independent local-exchange telephone company in the U.S., with presence in most all of the continental United States and Hawaii. Prior to its transformation into Verizon, Bell Atlantic previously merged with another Bell Operating Company, NYNEX, in 1996".

»www.answers.com/topic/verizon-co···ations-1
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.:|:.Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch it to be sure. .:|:.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135357 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:38:02 EDT Re: edit http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135305 wethackrey : Well actually Verizon is neither a 'Bell" nor a "RBOC". They are the renamed GTE, which never was a Bell, baby or otherwise. GTE (nee General Telephone) was at one point the major competitor of Bell's.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135305 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:28:36 EDT Re: edit http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15134732 Geronimo : Kinda obvious some of these types hang out on out in our cable forums daily.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15134732 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:06:10 EDT edit http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15133564 wwdubbia : capitalize 'Bell'. Better yet, use the acronym 'RBOC'... Regional Bell Operated Companies.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15133564 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:24:38 EDT