paso county telephone company trading name centurylink type private subsidiary of qwest industry telecommunications founded 1915 headquarters colorado springs co united states products pots dsl parent u s west qwest 1985 present website www.elpasotel.com the el paso county telephone company is a small telephone company owned by qwest corporation a subsidiary of centurylink . it was founded in 1915 as el paso county mutual telephone company . in 1975 the company changed its name to the el paso county telephone company . in 1985 the company was acquired by u s west and eventually became a subsidiary of usw s bell operating company u s west communications . in 2000 qwest acquired u s west and changed the name of uswc to qwest corporation ; however el paso county telephone remained unchanged . in 2011 centurylink acquired qwest ; however elpasotel remains a subsidiary owned by qwest corporation with independent management . the company serves an 1 100 square mile area in eastern el paso county colorado as well as portions of elbert lincoln and pueblo counties in colorado 1 on june 10 2013 el paso county telephone began doing business as centurylink . 2 references edit http www.elpasotel.com local phone service.html service information . the el paso county telephone company . accessed 2012 07 07 . 1 v t e centurylink inc. corporate directors chairman william owens ceo glen f. post iii non executive virginia boulet peter c. brown richard a. gephardt w. bruce hanks gregory j. mccray c.g. melville jr. fred r. nichols harvey p. perry michael j. roberts laurie a. siegel joseph r. zimmel acquired companies appfog centel embarq pacific telecom qwest communications international savvis tier 3 operating companies carolina telephone & telegraph central telephone central telephone company of texas central telephone company of virginia centurytel of adamsville centurytel of alabama centurytel of arkansas centurytel of central indiana centurytel of chester centurytel of claiborne centurytel of colorado centurytel of eagle centurytel of missouri centurytel of mountain home centurytel of northwest arkansas centurytel of ohio centurytel of port aransas centurytel of redfield centurytel of san marcos centurytel of south arkansas centurytel of the gem state centurytel of the midwest kendall el paso county telephone embarq florida embarq minnesota embarq missouri qwest spectra communications group telephone usa of wisconsin united telephone company of eastern kansas united telephone company of kansas long distance services centurylink communications pay tv service prism tv retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title el paso county telephone & oldid 742941816 categories centurylinkcommunications in coloradoamerican companies established in 1915telecommunications companies established in 1915companies based in colorado springs coloradoel paso county coloradohidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 october 2016 at 19 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view