PAETEC Holding Corporation was a Fortune 1000 telecommunications company headquartered in Perinton, New York, United States.[3] It was founded as the private company PaeTec Communications, Inc. in 1998 by Arunas A. Chesonis. In 2007 it merged with US LEC and then Cavalier Telephone Company and became a publicly traded company, and in 2011 it was acquired by Windstream Communications.
PAETEC provided local and long-distance voice services, data and Internet services, and software applications, among others. PAETEC provided service to medium and large businesses, colleges and universities, hospitals, hotels, governmental organizations and other institutions within its service area.
Mergers and acquisitions
PAETEC owned the naming rights to PAETEC Park, a soccer-specific stadium in nearby Rochester, New York, from its opening in 2006 to 2008.
- September 9, 1999 – Purchased CAMPUSLINK Communications Systems, a privately owned telecommunications company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- August 19, 2004 – Purchased Covista North East Call Zone (Covista Still Privately owned company, also operating as Total Tel)