AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink
The Original 7 Baby Bells
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This is a map of AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink, which started as the ‘Baby Bells’, the progeny of Ma Bell and were created in 1984 with the break up of the original AT&T, known as “Divestiture”. Today, these companies have merged and added other companies, like the independent GTE, SNET, as well as MCI and the second version of AT&T (which was a long distance company that existed from 1984-2006, when it was bought by SBC, who changed its name to “at&t” — small letters).