Vista-United Telecommunications

Vista-United Telecommunications was the telecommunications company created to service all Disney resorts in Florida and Disney-planned communities such as Celebration, Florida and the Disney Vacation Clubs in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and Vero Beach, Florida.

Vista-United Telecommunications
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedOrlando, Florida, USA
FounderThe Walt Disney Company
Headquarters
Orlando, Florida
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USA
ProductsTelecommunications, Internet

The company was created to manage the new telephone and data communications for Walt Disney World. Vista-United was the first company to use underground cabling, the first to use fiber optic cable to provide service to customers, and the first company in Florida to activate 9-1-1 emergency dialing.[1]

Vista-United was, in fact, an independent telephone company for Walt Disney World, however the company was created through a partnership between Vista Communications, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company and United Telephone Company of Florida, which later became a part of Sprint.[2]

In 2001, telephone company Smart City Telecom purchased Vista-United, and created an agreement with Disney to ensure telecommunications service for the resort over a long period of time.[3][4]

References
  1. Mouse Planet – History of the World, Part V – Transforming the Land
  2. Smart City Media Kit - Company Overview
  3. LaughingPlace.com: Smart City Networks to Acquire Vista-United Telecommunications (The #1 Site for Disney)
  4. US Cable Group
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