What is Northwestern Bell?
{{one source|date=February 2024}} '''Northwestern Bell''' is the name for an [[United States|American]] [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] [[telecommunications|telephone company]]. The network was doing business as [[US West]] beginning in 1987 or 1988. It was merged in 1991. It stopped business in the late summer 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of US West|publisher=Telecommunications History Group|url=https://www.telcomhistory.org/resources/online-exhibits/telephone-company-histories/us-west|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> It was operated in [[Iowa]], [[Minnesota]], [[Nebraska]], [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Bell Operating Companies Today|work=The Bell System Memorial|url=https://memorial.bellsystem.com/bellopercomp.html|access-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref> The company began as Nebraska Telephone Company and Iowa Telephone Company. In December 1920, these and three other telephone groups were merged into one company and renamed '''Northwestern Bell Telephone Company'''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northwestern Bell Telephone|work=The Telephone Museum Inc|url=https://telephone-museum.org/telephone-history-241|access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref> When the [[Bell System]] was phased out, it was renamed to '''Northwestern Bell a US WEST Company'''. In the early-to-mid 1990s, the Northwestern Bell name and company stopped being used. It was replaced under the US West Communications company banner. In 2010 or 2011, [[CenturyLink]] took over Northwestern Bell and the operations. At that same time, CenturyLink replaced the [[Qwest]] name. However, according to CenturyLink and some other sources, there are the chances of Northwestern Bell being revived one day.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Bell Operating Companies Today|work=The Bell System Memorial|url=https://memorial.bellsystem.com/bellopercomp.html|access-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref> In fact, there is the domain www.northwesternbell.com. This web connects to CenturyLink/Lumen Technologies on the internet.<ref>{{cite web|