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| Telephone Loops of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers by Holding Company 1 | ||
| (As of December 31, 2003) | ||
| Holding Companies | Loops | Percent of Loops |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | 55,675,974 | 32.16 % |
| SBC Communications, Inc. | 54,373,692 | 31.41 |
| BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. | 22,914,563 | 13.23 |
| Qwest Communications International, Inc. | 15,516,565 | 8.96 |
| Sprint Corporation | 7,631,693 | 4.41 |
| ALLTEL Corporation | 2,832,983 | 1.64 |
| CenturyTel, Inc. | 2,344,028 | 1.35 |
| Citizens Communications Company | 2,248,570 | 1.30 |
| Cincinnati Bell | 938,397 | 0.54 |
| TDS Telecommunications Corporation | 681,438 | 0.39 |
| Valor Communications Group, Inc. | 549,093 | 0.32 |
| Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc. | 338,666 | 0.20 |
| Alaska Communications Systems | 303,411 | 0.18 |
| Iowa Network Services, Inc. | 275,150 | 0.16 |
| FairPoint Communications, Inc. | 245,933 | 0.14 |
| Consolidated Communications, Inc. | 244,540 | 0.14 |
| Madison River Telephone Company, LLC | 181,459 | 0.10 |
| D&E Communications, Inc. | 144,577 | 0.08 |
| Rock Hill Telephone Company | 144,539 | 0.08 |
| SureWest Communications | 133,707 | 0.08 |
| North State Communications Corporation | 127,044 | 0.07 |
| The Concord Telephone Company | 116,761 | 0.07 |
| Horry Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | 93,974 | 0.05 |
| North Pittsburgh Telephone Company | 76,736 | 0.04 |
| Hargray Communications Group, Inc. | 74,066 | 0.04 |
| Innovative Communications Corporation | 69,691 | 0.04 |
| Guam Telephone Authority | 67,194 | 0.04 |
| Hickory Tech Corporation | 63,152 | 0.04 |
| Matanuska Telephone Association, Inc. | 62,740 | 0.04 |
| Farmers Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | 59,737 | 0.03 |
| Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | 54,429 | 0.03 |
| Lynch Interactive Corporation | 54,094 | 0.03 |
| NTELOS, Inc. | 48,167 | 0.03 |
| Golden West Telecommunications | 47,310 | 0.03 |
| SRT Communications, Inc. | 44,931 | 0.03 |
| Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | 42,031 | 0.02 |
| Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation | 41,068 | 0.02 |
| EATELCORP, Inc. | 38,882 | 0.02 |
| Twin Lake Telephone Cooperative | 38,827 | 0.02 |
| Skyline Telephone Membership Corporation | 37,540 | 0.02 |
| Ben Lomand Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc. | 36,713 | 0.02 |
| The Chillicothe Telephone Company | 36,446 | 0.02 |
| All Other Companies | 4,086,326 | 2.36 |
| Total | 173,136,837 | 100.00 % |
| 1 Includes incumbent local exchange carriers' loops for holding companies with more than 35,000 loops. | ||
| Source: NECA, Universal Service Fund 2004 Submission of 2003 Study Results (October 1, 2004). | ||