What is Verizon New England?
{{Infobox company | name = Verizon New England, Inc. | logo = Verizon 2024.svg | logo_size = 200px | former_name = New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (1883–2000) | type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]] | industry = Telecommunications | genre = | foundation = | founder = | location = | location_city = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] | area_served = [[Massachusetts]], [[Rhode Island]] | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Donna Cupelo (Region President)|Jay Rooney (Director of Central Office Operations)}} | products = [[Plain old telephone service|POTS]], [[DSL]], [[FiOS]] ([[FTTP]]) | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = [[Bell Telephone Company|American Bell]] (1883–1899)<br />[[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]] (1899–1983)<br />[[NYNEX]] (1984–1997)<br />Bell Atlantic/Verizon (1997–present) | subsid = | footnotes = | location_country = USA | homepage = [https://www.verizon.com/local/massachusetts/ Verizon Massachusetts]<br />[https://www.verizon.com/local/providence-ri/ Verizon Rhode Island] | trade_name = Verizon Massachusetts<br />Verizon Rhode Island | vector_logo = | origins = | company_slogan = }}'''Verizon New England, Inc.''' is a [[Bell Operating Company]] that serves most of [[Massachusetts]] and all of [[Rhode Island]]. It was formerly '''New England Telephone and Telegraph Company''', more commonly known as '''New England Telephone''', which for seven decades served most of the [[New England]] area of the [[United States]] as a part of the original [[AT&T]]. New England Telephone's coverage area included [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire]], and [[Vermont]] as well as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but Verizon sold off service in the northern three states, which as of 2020 are served by [[Consolidated Communications]]. After the [[Bell System divestiture]], New England Telephone merged with [[New York Telephone]] to form [[NYNEX]] in 1984. NYNEX was acquired by [[Bell Atlantic]] in 1997. In 2000, Bell Atlantic bought GTE and cha