What is Centurylink customer service number?

Centurylink customer service number is 866-642-0444 (Monday–Friday). CenturyLink is a US communications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. It provides communications services to residential, government and corporate clients in 37 US states.

It is a member of the S&P 500 stock index, and operates as an Internet Service Provider. It is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States in terms of lines served after AT&T and Verizon.

History

Lumen’s first predecessor was the Oak Ridge Telephone Company of Oak Ridge, Louisiana, which was owned by F. E. Hogan, Sr. In 1930, Hogan sold the company, with 75 paid subscribers, to William Clarke and Marie Williams, for $ 500. In 1946, Williams’ son Clarke McRae Williams received the property of the family’s telephone company as a wedding gift.

In 1947, Clarke Williams learned that the Marion, Louisiana phone company was for sale. With a loan from business partner Joe Sydney Carter, Clarke bought the Marion Telephone Company and eventually made it his base of operations as he grew his company through further acquisitions. Lumen still maintains offices in the former headquarters building. The company remained family-run until its establishment in 1968.

1967–1999

In 1967, the Oak Ridge Telephone Company served three states with 10,000 access lines. That year, the company was formed as Central Telephone and Electronics. Clarke M. Williams served as both president and chairman of the board. Between 1972 and 1975, Clarke gradually moved her headquarters from Marion to Monroe, Louisiana to access the larger base of employees and to be close to the airport.

In 1971, the company was renamed Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. In 1972, Century Telephone acquired the Crosse Telephone Corporation of Wisconsin.

On October 24, 1978, Century Telephone first moved to the New York Stock Exchange and began trading under the CTL symbol.

In 1989, Century Telephone Enterprises acquired Universal Telephone, Inc. for $ 90 million in cash. In the late 1980s the company started a long trend in which it achieved excellent results. Stocks split three times twice over this period, as earnings grew steadily, during the 1990-1991 recession, and reached nearly $ 40 million by the end of 1991, double what they had been. in 1987.

Also in 1993, the company once again divided its shares three by two. However, by that time, the company had accumulated nearly $ 520 million in long-term debt.

In 1997, Century Telephone acquired Delta Security Alarm Co., Inc of Monroe, Louisiana, its largest acquisition to date, Pacific Telecom, doubling its size with 660,000 additional telephone access lines in 12 states. Pacific Telecom, Inc., would continue to exist and was renamed CenturyTel of the Northwest, Inc.

In 1999, the company was renamed CenturyTel, Inc. It divided its shares three by two once again and was added to the Standard & Poor’s 500 index that year.