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Telephone USA of Wisconsin, LLC is an local exchange carrier telephone operating company in Wisconsin owned by Lumen Technologies. The company probers service under the CenturyLink brand. The company's cities include Suring and Gillett.

History

The company was founded in 1999. CenturyTel acquired the company in 2000, adding 62,650 lines at a cost of $170 million.

Proposed sale

On August 3, 2021, Lumen announced its sale of its local telephone assets in 20 states to Apollo Global Management, including Wisconsin, which closed in October 2022, launching the new Brightspeed brand. However, Telephone USA of Wisconsin was not included in the assets sold, unlike the rest of Lumen's Wisconsin operations. It remains one of the CenturyLink operating companies.

References

1. Local Calling Guide: Telephone USA of Wisconsin, LLC
2. Wisconsin Secretary of State
3. CenturyLink | Timeline
4. Brodkin, Jon (2021-08-04). "CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing fiber". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
5. "CENTURYLINK LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS BY NPA-NXX" (PDF). Retrieved January 15, 2025.

• Telecommunications companies of the United States
• Lumen Technologies
• Communications in Wisconsin
• Telecommunications companies established in 1999
• 1999 establishments in Wisconsin