CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc. is one of the

CenturyLink Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is ...

operating companies in

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. The company was formed in 1928 as The Eagle Valley Telephone Company and originally served

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, Rio Blanco, and Routt counties in Colorado. In 1980, the company changed its name to Eagle Telecommunications, Inc. It was later acquired by

Pacific Telecom Pacific Telecom, Inc., originally Telephone Utilities, Inc. and now CenturyTel of the Northwest, Inc., was an independent telephone company that owned over 600,000 telephone lines in 12 states prior to its acquisition by CenturyTel. History PTI ...

. In 1995, Pacific Telecom completed its acquisition of 45 telephone exchanges serving 50,000 customers from

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 ...

. The operations were added to Eagle Telecommunications, enlarging the company a great deal. In 1997, Century Telephone completed its acquisition of Pacific Telecom, changing its name to CenturyTel. CenturyTel's subsidiaries changed their names to reflect the rebranding, and Eagle Telecommunications became known as CenturyTel of Eagle, Inc. In 2009, CenturyTel began doing business as CenturyLink following its acquisition of

Embarq Embarq Corporation (stylized as EMBARQ) was the largest independent local exchange carrier in the United States (below the Baby Bells), serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long-distance, high-speed data and wireless services to ...

. The company, in 2011, acquired

Qwest Corporation Qwest Corporation is a former Regional Bell Operating Company owned by Lumen Technologies. It was formerly named U S WEST Communications, Inc. from 1991 to 2000, and also formerly named Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company from 1911 t ...

, formerly Mountain Bell, reuniting the lines sold by U S WEST in 1995 with the same parent. CenturyTel of Eagle, along with

CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is a ...

, CenturyTel of Washington, CenturyTel of Oregon, and MebTel, all own former

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exchanges that were acquired from

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, and

BellSouth BellSouth, LLC (stylized as ''BELLSOUTH'' and formerly known as BellSouth Corporation) was an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth was one of the seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies after ...

, respectively.

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