C&P Tel of VA, C&P Tel of MD, C&P Tel of DC, Penn. Bell, NY Tel, NJ Bell all stayed with VZ, 100% of the pre-NYNEX Bell Atlantic ROBCs + NY Tel. Most of the GTE properties have been spun off + C&P Tel of W.VA, an Ex-Bell Operating Company.
VZ got rid of the legacy GTE, and trust me, they want to be rid of all of the RBOCs too and go 100% Wireless + VZ Enterprise (MCI) sometime.
Well, they did keep GTE California, and some of GTE Texas so there is some presence out west.
VZs original footprint (1984 Bell Atlantic) is still mostly intact....So not just New England, unless Virginia is suddenly New England.