Newport? - NWPTVAXA Updated: 05:37PM EST 11/13/2004 Operating Company: Pembroke Telephone Coop Former Operating Company(s): Continental Telephone (CONTEL)? Operating Company Number: 0243 Office Name: Newport? Location: 562 Blue Grass Trl. (Rt. 42) Newport, Giles Co., VA Colocated Carrier(s):

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There is strong evidence, such as this cable marker, that suggests this was originally a CONTEL central office. Like several other small and rural ILECs this office features an ariel cable entry. What is really nice about ariel cable entrances is that one can appreciate the power of fiber optics. Compare in the picture linked about the size of the copper feeder cable versus the single, thin, fiber optic cable. Ironically, that wisp of fiber holds hundreds of times the capacity as its thicker copper counter part does.