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| name = Verizon Washington, DC, Inc. |
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| logo = <!-- Do NOT place non-free media here without complying with WP:NFCC 10c -->[[File:Verizon 2015 logo -vector.svg|200px]] |
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| type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Verizon]] |
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| industry = [[Telecommunications]] |
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| products = [[Telephone|Local Telephone Service]], [[Verizon FiOS]] |
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| parent = [[Bell Telephone Company|American Bell]] (1883-1899)<br>[[American Telephone & Telegraph|AT&T]] (1899–1983)<br>Bell Atlantic/Verizon (1984–present) |
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| homepage = [http://www22.verizon.com/about/community/dc/ Verizon Washington DC] |
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| former_name = The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company<br>Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc. |
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| foundation = 1883 (DC) |
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| location = [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]] |
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}}The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company was founded in June 1883. C&P Telephone Co. provided telephone service to Washington, D.C. |
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In July 1969, [[Richard Nixon|President Richard Nixon's]] telephone call to astronauts on the moon originated from C&P Telephone Co. equipment. |
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After AT&T's 1969 [[corporate identity]] overhaul, which included the famous [[Saul Bass]] Bell logo, the name was shortened to '''C&P Telephone''' on marketing materials, bills, vehicles, etc. |
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In 1984, when the Bell System was divided into the [[Regional Bell operating company|Regional Bell Operating Companies]], or "Baby Bells", the C&P Telephone companies became part of [[Bell Atlantic]]. |
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In 1994, Bell Atlantic renamed all of its operating companies. C&P Telephone Co. was renamed Bell Atlantic Washington, DC, Inc. |
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After Bell Atlantic's merger with GTE in 2000, the system was renamed [[Verizon]], and so were its [[Bell Operating Companies]]. Bell Atlantic Washington, DC, Inc., was renamed Verizon Washington, DC, Inc. |
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{{Verizon}} |
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[[Category:Verizon Communications]] |
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[[Category:Companies established in 1883]] |
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