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:
“We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still carry about with us, ready at any moment to burst into flame, the smoldering and sinister traits of character by means of which they lived through so many massacres, harming others, but themselves unharmed.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“There is evidence that all too many people are approaching parenthood with a dangerous lack of knowledge and skill. The result is that many children are losing out on what ought to be an undeniable right—the right to have parents who know how to be good parents, parents skilled in the art of “parenting.””
—T. H. Bell (20th century)