Pioneer Telephone

Pioneer Telephone is a privately held company with headquarters in Portland, Maine, United States, it was founded by Peter Bouchard, who continues to run the company today. It is a facility-based telecommunication carrier of long-distance telephone service in the United States. As of October 2011, Pioneer Telephone had more than 2,000,000 customers in 48 states.

Not to be confused with Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oregon) or Telephone Pioneers of America.
Pioneer Telephone
TypePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
HeadquartersPortland, Maine, United States
Websitewww.pioneertelephone.com

In 2005, Pioneer Telephone purchased the long-distance telephone business of bankrupt Adelphia Communications Corporation for about $1.2 million;[1] the sale was completed later that year.[2] Adelphia's phone service had 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 Level 3 Communications in Denver, CO. Pioneer's upper management stated that they would roll out local service in 15 states in 2009.

References
  1. Adelphia Communications to sell long-distance phone service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 6, 2005, Adelphia sells long-distance service for $1.2M, Denver Business Journal, July 6, 2005, and Notification by Adelphia Telecommunications, Inc. and Telecom Management, Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Telephone of an Asset Purchase Agreement Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, December 1, 2005.
  2. Adelphia Communications to sell long-distance phone service, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 6, 2005, and Adelphia sells long-distance service for $1.2M, Denver Business Journal, July 6, 2005.Notification by Adelphia Telecommunications, Inc. and Telecom Management, Inc. d/b/a Pioneer Telephone of an Asset Purchase Agreement Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, December 1, 2005.

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