new england telephone company trading name frontier communications of connecticut type private subsidiary of frontier industry telecommunications founded 1878 headquarters new haven connecticut key people dan mccarthy chairman and ceo ken arndt east region president paul quick senior vp & general manager connecticut edward o connor jr sales vp connecticut joseph ferraiolo area general manager new haven county zachary tomblin area general manager eastern connecticut products local telephone service broadband number of employees 2700 parent snet 1986 1998 sbc at & t 1998 2014 frontier 2014 present website http www.frontier.com ct the southern new england telephone company commonly referred to as snet by its customers is a local exchange carrier owned by frontier communications . contents 1 history 1.1 sale to sbc 1.2 sale to frontier 2 today 3 see also 4 external links 5 references history edit snet logo 1921 1939 it started operations on january 27 1878 as the district telephone company of new haven . 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 . 1 snet logo 1969 1983 snet logo 1986 snet and cincinnati bell were the only two companies in the old bell system that the old at & t only had a minority stake in ; by 1983 at & t s stake was only 19.6 percent . therefore neither is considered a bell operating company ; rather they are considered independents . sale to sbc edit snet logo 2002 2003 the southern new england telephone company 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 the southern new england telephone company was known as at & t connecticut . in 2006 at & t merged the operations of southern new england telecommunications into at & t teleholdings . southern new england telephone then became a subsidiary of the company originally known as ameritech within the at & t corporate structure . on june 1 2007 the operations of woodbury telephone were merged into southern new england telephone . woodbury telephone is now defunct operating as part of snet at & t connecticut and later frontier . sale to frontier edit on october 24 2014 frontier communications completed its purchase of the southern new england telephone company from at & t for 2 billion . this is 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 it purchased from verizon in 2010 . today edit the southern new england telephone company currently does business as frontier communications of connecticut . see also edit list of united states telephone companies connnet external links edit history university of connecticut libraries 1 references edit at & t snet fairfield county white pages customer service guide page 14 local toll free calling areas august 2006 edition v t e frontier communications corporation operating companies citizens telecommunications company of california citizens telecommunications company of idaho citizens telecommunications company of illinois citizens telecommunications company of minnesota citizens telecommunications company of montana citizens telecommunications company of new york citizens telecommunications company of nebraska citizens telecommunications company of nevada citizens telecommunications company of oregon citizens telecommunications company of tennessee citizens telecommunications company of the volunteer state citizens telecommunications company of the white mountains citizens telecommunications of utah citizens telecommunications company of west virginia citizens utilities rural frontier california frontier communications northwest frontier communications of breezewood frontier communications of mondovi frontier communications of the carolinas frontier communications of the southwest frontier communications of virginia frontier florida frontier midstates frontier north frontier southwest frontier telephone of rochester frontier west virginia navajo communications ogden telephone rhinelander telephone southern new england telephone long distance internet services frontier communications of america frontier communications online and long distance snet america v t e bell system parent company american telephone and telegraph company local telephone companies still extant wholly owned bell telephone company of nevada the bell telephone company of pennsylvania the chesapeake & potomac telephone company the chesapeake & potomac telephone company of maryland the chesapeake & potomac telephone company of west virginia the chesapeake & potomac telephone company of virginia diamond state telephone illinois bell indiana bell michigan bell mountain bell new england telephone new jersey bell new york telephone northwestern bell ohio bell pacific northwest bell pacific telephone south central bell southern bell southwestern bell wisconsin telephone partially owned southern new england telephone cincinnati bell other subsidiaries manufacturing western electric research bell labs long distance long lines wireless advanced mobile phone service regional bell companies bell canada 1880 1975 historical commemorative alexander graham bell national historic site bell boatyard bell homestead national historic site bell telephone memorial telephone pioneers of america spirit of communication defunct bell telephone company new england telephone and telegraph company international bell telephone company the bell telephone company of canada northern electric bell telephone manufacturing company at & t technologies inc. related topics divestiture regional bell operating company v t e spinoffs of american telephone & telegraph company first generation 1929 graybar electric company 1956 northern electric via western electric 1975 bell canada 1984 divestiture ameritech bell atlantic bell communications research bellsouth nynex pacific telesis southwestern bell corporation us west 1991 1993 unix system laboratories 1996 lucent technologies ncr 1997 at & t submarine systems sold to tyco international 2001 at & t wireless services 2003 at & t broadband second generation spinoffs lucent technologies advanced american telephones 2000 avaya 2000 qlt consumer lease services 2000 agere systems 2002 mediaone group f k a us west u s west 1998 ncr teradata 2007 pacific telesis airtouch 1994 qwest dex media 2002 regional bells telcordia technologies 1997 sbc communications at & t r.h. donnelley publishing and advertising of illinois 2004 yp holdings 2012 southern new england telephone 2014 verizon communications hawaiian telcom 2005 idearc 2006 northern new england spinco 2008 new communications holdings 2010 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