General Info

Consolidated Communications (formerly SureWest) is one of the nation’s leading integrated communications providers and is the bandwidth leader in the market it serves. For residential and commercial consumers of communications and entertainment services, Consolidated Communications is the best combination of the right features and price, integrated with high reliability and unsurpassed customer service. Founded in 1914 as Roseville Telephone Company, Consolidated Communications provides digital and high-definition television, DSL, high-speed Internet, data transport, Voice over IP and local and long distance telephone services. In July of 2012 SureWest was acquired by Consolidated Communications, an east coast telecommunications company that has been in business for more than a century. Consolidated Communications fiber-to-the-premise IP-based network features superior high-definition video and some of the fastest symmetrical Internet speeds in the nation at up to 50 Mbps. Its copper platform provides IP-based digital video, digital voice and DSL broadband and is in the process of being upgraded to fiber in select areas. In addition, Consolidated prides itself on providing a highly responsive and proactive customer service team that solves problems quickly and exceeds customer expectations. Industry leading facts about Consolidated include: it is parent to the largest incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) headquartered in California; it has one of the largest number of fiber-to-the-home connections in the United States and one of the highest DSL penetration rates in the nation; and it is capable of providing DSL service to 100 percent of its ILEC service area.