The company remained in Sprint hands until 2006 when its local telephone operations were spun off as Embarq.
In 2009, Embarq was acquired by CenturyTel, becoming CenturyLink in 2010.
[2] On August 3, 2021, Lumen announced its sale of its local telephone assets in 20 states to Apollo Global Management, including Virginia.
[3] The sale closed on October 3, 2022, with the new company taking the name Brightspeed.
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