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Qwest Corporation is a communications company. The Company is engaged in providing an array of communications services to its residential, business, governmental and wholesale customers. The Company's communications services include local voice, Internet, private line, network access, Ethernet, information technology, video, wireless and other ancillary services. In certain local and regional markets, it also provides local access and fiber transport services to competitive local exchange carriers. The Company offers its services in the 14-state region of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Its customers use strategic services to access the Internet, connect to private networks and transmit data. Its legacy services represent voice, data and network services. The Company provides telecommunications services to its affiliates that are also provided to external customers.