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The Southern New England Telephone Company (commonly referred to as '''SNET''' by its customers) started operations on January 27 , 1878 as the District Telephone Company of New Haven. Since its inception, SNET has held a monopoly on most of the telephone services in the state of Connecticut ; the only exception is in a small part of the state near the New York state border where Verizon Communications provides telephone services (formerly served by the Bell Operating Company New York Telephone , which became a part of NYNEX , which was absorbed into Bell Atlantic , now Verizon ). Prior to 1984 , AT&T held 16.8% of SNET. In 1998 , SBC Communications , now AT&T , purchased SNET. SNET and Cincinnati Bell were the only two companies in the old Bell System that AT&T only had a minority stake in; therefore, neither is considered a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC). The Southern New England Telephone Company was held by Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation, which SBC had purchased in 1998 . Cincinnati Bell is still independent of any RBOC. Southern New England Telecommunications is now known as AT&T East, while The Southern New England Telephone Company Does Business As '''AT&T Connecticut'''. BRAND HISTORY |
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