The El Paso County Telephone Company is a small telephone company based in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since ...
and 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
US West, Inc. (stylized as US WEST) was one of seven Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs, also referred to as "Baby Bells"), created in 1983 under the Modification of Final Judgement (''United States v. Western Electric Co., Inc.'' 552 ...
and eventually became a subsidiary of USW's
Bell Operating Company, U S WEST Communications–formerly Mountain Bell, the dominant telephone company in the rest of Colorado. 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
El Paso County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. The 2020 Census recorded its population as 730,395. The Census Bureau's 2020 result indicates it is the most populous county in Colorado, surpassing the City and County of De ...
, as well as portions of
Elbert,
Lincoln, and
Pueblo counties in
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
On June 10, 2013, El Paso County Telephone began doing business as CenturyLink.
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Communications in Colorado
American companies established in 1915
Telecommunications companies established in 1915
Companies based in Colorado Springs, Colorado
El Paso County, Colorado