SNET

The Southern New England Telephone Company which is commonly referred to as SNET by it's customers started operations on January 27,1878 as the District Telephone Company of New Haven. Since it's inception SNET has held a monopoly on telephone services in the State of Connecticut (Except in Fairfield County where Verizon is the monopoly phone company).

In 1998 SBC Communications purchased SNET from independent long distance telephone company Sprint Corporation.