Ziply Fiber

Ziply Fiber is an American telecommunications company that operates in the Pacific Northwest region. It provides internet, phone, and television services in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Ziply Fiber is based in Everett, Washington. Until 2020, it was known as Frontier Communications Northwest.

Ziply Fiber
Private
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1964
HeadquartersEverett, Washington, U.S.
Area served
Idaho, Oregon, Washington
ProductsLocal Telephone Service
ParentGTE (1964–2000)
Verizon (2000–2010)
Frontier (2010–2020)
WaveDivision (2020–present)
Websiteziplyfiber.com

History

Ziply Fiber started in 2020. Bought the company which was founded in 1964 as the General Telephone Company of the Northwest, Inc. and later became GTE Northwest, Incorporated. GTE Northwest originally served Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.[1]

In 1993, GTE acquired Continental Telephone (ConTel); as a result, ConTel operations in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho were merged into GTE Northwest. In 1994, GTE sold ConTel of Idaho to Citizens Communications (which later became Frontier Communications). In 1995, GTE sold operations in Montana to Citizens Communications, and absorbed ConTel of Oregon into GTE's existing Oregon operations.

In 2000, Bell Atlantic acquired GTE, forming Verizon. As a result, GTE Northwest was renamed "Verizon Northwest, Inc." It continued to provide local telephone service to former GTE regions and some ConTel regions in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.

Verizon Northwest, along with several other Verizon wireline operating companies, were acquired by Frontier Communications on July 1, 2010.[2] The company's name was changed to Frontier Communications Northwest, Inc. In a way, this reunites former GTE Northwest regions in Idaho & Montana (such as ConTel of Idaho) with the same parent.

In May 2019, WaveDivision Capital announced that it would buy Frontier Communications Northwest for $1.36 billion as part of a new service. WaveDivision was founded in 2003 by Steven Weed, who was the CEO of Wave Broadband until 2018.[1] The sale was approved by federal and state regulators in March 2020, with WaveDivision announcing that the new service would be called "Ziply Fiber".[3] Frontier Northwest ceased operations on April 30, 2020, and was replaced the following day by Ziply Fiber. As of 2020, the company has 960 employees and 500,000 customers.[4]

Sponsorships

GTE was the title sponsor of the GTE Northwest Classic, a professional golf tournament on the Senior PGA Tour from 1986 through 1995. The first edition was at Sahalee Country Club (now in Sammamish) and the remaining nine at Inglewood Golf Club in Kenmore.

References
  1. Podsada, Janice (June 3, 2019). "A new-wave broadband firm dials up Frontier Communications". The Everett Herald. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NDc0NDl8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1 Frontier Press Release
  3. Podsada, Janice (March 17, 2020). "Frontier Communications will become Ziply Fiber by May". The Everett Herald. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  4. Podsada, Janice (May 1, 2020). "Ziply Fiber takes over Frontier's Northwest broadband service". The Everett Herald. Retrieved May 1, 2020.

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