Frontier Florida

Frontier Florida LLC
Formerly called	Peninsular Telephone Company General Telephone Company of Florida GTE Florida Incorporated Verizon Florida, Inc. Verizon Florida LLC
Type	Private (Subsidiary of Frontier)
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1901
Key people	William G. Brorein, Founder
Products	Local Telephone Service
Parent	GTE (1957-2000) Verizon (2000-2016) Frontier (2016-present)
Website	Frontier Florida

Frontier Florida LLC is a Frontier Communications operating company providing telephone service in Florida to former GTE and later Verizon regions.

History

Frontier Florida was founded as the Peninsular Telephone Company by William G. Brorein^[1] in March 1901. Brorein, a politician from Ohio, arrived in Tampa in 1901. Noticing the boom in the South, he was convinced by friends to get in the telephone business. Peninsular Telephone began with only 100 telephone lines.^[2]

In 1957, the company was sold to General Telephone and Electronics (later GTE) and the name was changed to General Telephone Company of Florida.

The company was later renamed GTE Florida, Incorporated.^[3]

In 2000, GTE Florida was renamed "Verizon Florida", upon GTE's buyout by Bell Atlantic.

It serves the Central Florida and Tampa Bay regions.

Sale to Frontier

On February 5, 2015, Verizon Communications announced a sale of its wired telecom operations in California, Florida, and Texas to Frontier Communications. Verizon Florida is included in the sale. The transaction will close on March 31, 2016.^[4]

Verizon Florida will transition to Frontier Communications on April 1, 2016. This transition will not include any changes to current subscriber's rates or features. ^[5]

Sources

Verizon Florida, Inc.

References

http://www.tampapix.com/brorein.htm

Frontier Communications Corporation

Operating companies	Citizens Telecommunications Company of California Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho Citizens Telecommunications Company of Illinois Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota Citizens Telecommunications Company of Montana Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada Citizens Telecommunications Company of Oregon Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Volunteer State Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains Citizens Telecommunications of Utah Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia Citizens Utilities Rural Frontier California Frontier Communications Northwest Frontier Communications of Breezewood Frontier Communications of Mondovi Frontier Communications of the Carolinas Frontier Communications of the Southwest Frontier Communications of Virginia Frontier Florida Frontier Midstates Frontier North Frontier Southwest Frontier Telephone of Rochester Frontier West Virginia Navajo Communications Ogden Telephone Rhinelander Telephone Southern New England Telephone

Long distance/Internet services	Frontier Communications of America Frontier Communications Online and Long Distance SNET America

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