SNET America, Inc. is an AT&T

AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

 long distance telephone company that serves Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

. It competes to provide long distance service for SNET

SNET

The Southern New England Telephone Company is a local exchange carrier owned by AT&T. It started operations on January 27, 1878 as the District Telephone Company of New Haven. It was the founder of the first telephone exchange, as well as the world's first telephone book...

 customers. SNET America was formed by Southern New England Telecommunications Corp.

SNET

The Southern New England Telephone Company is a local exchange carrier owned by AT&T. It started operations on January 27, 1878 as the District Telephone Company of New Haven. It was the founder of the first telephone exchange, as well as the world's first telephone book...

 to compete with other long distance carriers within Connecticut. SNET America does business as AT&T Long Distance East. It is not affiliated with AT&T Long Distance nor AT&T Communications

AT&T Communications

AT&T Communications - East, Inc. was a holding company for the 23 subsidiaries that provide interexchange carrier and long distance telephone services owned by AT&T.-AT&T Long Lines:...

, the other core long distance units of AT&T.