Talk:Independent telephone company

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The google voice article indicates that you can't make calls to some (expensive) independent telephone company subscribers. That suggests that they still exist, and that this article should be present tense. Should it be changed? Gah4 (talk) 22:52, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly these do still exist, for instance Cape Vincent, New York +1-315-654... or Westport, Ontario +1-613-273... are small-town independents. I question the wording of the intro, though: "An independent telephone company was a telephone company providing local service in the United States or Canada that was not part of the Bell System..." The incumbent local exchange carrier in some provinces (like British Columbia and Alberta) is not and never was Bell. Telus is incumbent in most of BC and Alberta. They're not an independent, they're a dominant carrier. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.237.51.121 (talk) 01:18, 9 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]