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Companies seeking to provide telephone service in Vermont must have a certificate of public good from the Public Service Board to operate. As such, the Board maintains a listing on its website of companies licensed to do business in the state.
Not all of the companies licensed to operate in Vermont are actually seeking or serving customers here. This page provides information about the companies known by DPS to be actively marketing service. If you represent a company that should be listed and is not, please contact us at vtdps@state.vt.us
Access Lines served by Vermont Incumbent Local Exchange Telephone Companies |
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2005 |
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Company |
Business |
Public |
Residential |
Special Access Lines (non-switched) |
Local Private Lines |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Telephone | 34 | - | 851 | - | - | 885 |
| Ludlow Telephone | 1,193 | - | 3,918 | - | - | 5,111 |
| Northfield Telephone | 871 | - | 2,375 | - | - | 3,246 |
| Northland Telephone | 688 | - | 5,542 | - | - | 6,240 |
| TDS Perkinsville Telephone | 106 | - | 838 | - | - | 944 |
| Shoreham Telephone | 389 | - | 3,247 | 8 | - | 3,643 |
| Topsham Telephone | 111 | - | 1,545 | - | - | 1,656 |
| Verizon Vermont | 98,570 | 2,086 | 229,198 | 176,731 | 28,520 | 535,105 |
| Vermont Telephone | 4,533 | - | 16,466 | 291 | - | 21,310 |
| Waitsfield/Fayston | 3,626 | - | 17,198 | 232 | - | 21,056 |
| Total | 110,141 | 2,096 | 281,178 | 177,261 | 28,520 | 599,196 |
Source: Annual Reports 2005
"Public" includes Semi-Public Pay telephones. Formerly Public included company stations, extension & PBX stations, which are now tabulated under "Business."
"Special Access Lines" are dedicated lines from a customer to a long distance company provided by a local phone company.
"Local Private Lines" defined in the FCC account as a special circuit with either a serial number or telephone number format.
Competitive Local Exchange
Telephone Companies
Within Verizon's service territory, consumers have choices of Verizon or a various Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). A full list of CLECs holding certificates to do business in Vermont is available from the Public Service Board.
- AT&T
- CTC (Commercial only)
- Excel/Vartec Telecom
- InfoHighway Communications (Commercial only)
- Lightship Telecom (Commercial only)
- MCI
- Sovernet Communications
- Telcove (Commercial only)
- Verizon
- Z-Tel Communications