Verizon North LLC is a

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operating company providing local telephone service to former

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customers in

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History

In 2010, when the original Verizon North, whose service region included Pennsylvania, was sold to

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, the original company became Frontier North, with the Pennsylvania operations split into a new company, Verizon North Retain Company. The current company, Verizon North LLC, was created in December 2010 and absorbed the operations of Verizon North Retain Co.Pennsylvania Public Service Bulletin
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which provides telephone service to former

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lines.

References

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