Phone Service & Phone Companies
The Importance of LandLine Phones
Depending upon your use of mobile phones, you may or may not need a traditional landline phone service. However, if you have an alarm monitoring system or service you may be forced to get a landline phone even if you don’t want one. We recommend that you find out who your local provider is and what their basic service options are.
Phone Companies by State
We wanted you to quickly be able to search through a listing of available providers to find out which companies may provide landline phone services in your State. Here is the list we have so far:
| Phone Company | States they Service |
|---|---|
| AT&T | Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin |
| Cavelier | Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. |
| CenturyTel | Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming |
| Cincinnati Bell | Ohio |
| Consolidated Communications | Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas |
| Embarq | Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington |
| Frontier Communications | Georgia, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia |
| Hawaiian Telecom | Hawaii |
| Qwest Communications | Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming |
| TDS | Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin |
| Verizon | Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin |
| Windstream | Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas |
