Pioneer Telephone is a

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with headquarters in

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, United States, it was founded by Peter Bouchard, who continues to run the company today. It is a facility-based telecommunication carrier of

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telephone service in the

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. As of October 2011, Pioneer Telephone had more than 2,700,000 customers in 48 states. In 2005, Pioneer Telephone purchased the long-distance telephone business of bankrupt

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for about $1.1B; the sale was completed later that year. Adelphia's phone service had 1,110,000 customers in 27 states(telephone & long-distance services). In November 2008, Pioneer Telephone purchased all the residential and small-to-medium-sized business customers from

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. Pioneer's upper management stated that they would roll out local service in 15 states in 2009.https://www.edockets.state.mn.us/EFiling/edockets/searchDocuments.do?method=showPoup&documentId=%7B332114BC-19E8-4B11-ADC4-2AA867F55F3E%7D&documentTitle=5375742

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