CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall, LLC is one of the CenturyLink

CenturyLink

CenturyLink, Inc. is a United States telecommunications firm, headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. The company, founded as Central Telephone & Electronics Corporation in 1968, later changed its name to Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. in 1971, and then was called CenturyTel, Inc. from 1999 to 2010...

 operating companies in Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

. The company's cities include Peshtigo

Peshtigo, Wisconsin

Peshtigo is a city in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,357 at the 2000 census. The city is located within the Town of Peshtigo. It is part of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area...

, Kendall

Kendall, Wisconsin

Kendall is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:*Kendall, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, a town*Kendall, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a village...

, and Marinette

Marinette, Wisconsin

Marinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 11,749 at the 2000 census.Marinette is the principal city of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Marinette County, Wisconsin and Menominee...

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The company was founded in 1989 as Kendall Telephone, Inc. The company became CenturyTel of the Midwest - Kendall, Inc. in 1998. In 2001, the original company's assets were merged into a new company named CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall, LLC, which is simply a reincorporation of the original company in Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

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In 1998, CenturyTel acquired 89,000 telephone lines from Ameritech

Ameritech

AT&T Teleholdings, Inc., formerly known as Ameritech Corporation , was a U.S. telecommunications company that arose out of the 1984 AT&T divestiture. Ameritech was one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies that was created following the breakup of the Bell System...

, which operated the lines through its Wisconsin Bell

Wisconsin Bell

Wisconsin Bell, Inc. is the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Wisconsin. They were a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc.....

subsidiary. The lines were transferred to CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall.