Pacific Bell is an informal name of Pacific Bell Telephone Company, which is a provider of telephone service in California. The company is owned by AT&T Inc. through AT&T Teleholdings.
Historically, the company has had many names and service areas. The name "Pacific Bell" is no longer commonly used.
Famous quotes containing the words pacific and/or bell:
“The doctor of Geneva stamped the sand
That lay impounding the Pacific swell,
Patted his stove-pipe hat and tugged his shawl.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Those feelings of envy are familiar to many of us. We see our children accomplishing things that we’ve always been afraid to try, or we give them opportunities that we never had, and we find ourselves feeling jealousy mixed with our pride, or we feel resentful when they take it all for granted.”
—Ruth Davidson Bell (20th century)