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A person in New Hampshire who remembers "New England Telephone" from their youth coming to this article will not be helped, because they're not in Verizon New England area - they're in Consolidated Communication. The reason for making this a disambiguation page is that the old New England Telephone service area was split, basically between north and south new England. Regardless of the legal way that the franchise is owned, it's misleading to have a redirect which ignores what has happened to roughly half the geographic area. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 15:05, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Selling off operating territories and associated physical assets does not change the fact that New England Telephone is the exact same legal corporation now known as a Verizon New England. The Northern New England People who are looking for New England Telephone based on their childhood memories will see in the lead at the Verizon New England article that the company sold off those assets. They don't need a disambiguation page that is based on a factually incorrect asssertion. There is zero reason that the former name of Verizon New England shouldn't point to the company that is the same legal entity. oknazevad (talk) 15:54, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You're fixated on this legal entity instead of real-world experience of people. This isn't a legal document it's an article telling people the background of information hey're seeking - in this case, that it was split between VZ and Consolidated. What's the "factually incorrect assertion"?- DavidWBrooks (talk) 21:25, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The company was not split. The assets were sold off, but only Verizon New England is the same company. The subject of the article is a company, not a bunch of assets. Verizon New England is New England Telephone. Consolidated Communications of Northern New England is not. You seem to think that both are equally successors but that is incorrect. We deal with facts, not feelings based on nostalgia. oknazevad (talk) 16:32, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The current disambiguation page structure is fine. But I repeat: wikipedia is built to inform readers and readers seek information based on "feeling based on nostalgia" - actual human experience, not just legal fictions. CC operates the phones that Bell Atlantic (NET) once operated - it certain *is* the successor company despite what the FCC nomenclature says. Ignoring that makes wikipedia less useful. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 20:22, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not "legal fiction". Consolidated NNE operates the phones VZNE once operated, but it's still not the same company, no matter how many times you repeat the incorrect statement. Period. oknazevad (talk) 14:39, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
PS, a hatnote would suffice. We don't need a poorly organized, overly detailed disambiguation page that runs around of disambiguation page guidelines to accomplish the nostalgia act. oknazevad (talk) 16:31, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And by the by, Consolidated is trying to sell itself to a private equity firm so the whole change will change again next year. - DavidWBrooks (talk)
And that will not change the fact that Verizon New England is the same company as New England Telephone. You still haven't given a legitimate reason for ignoring that fact in favor of nostalgia. -oknazevad (talk) 22:48, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
