Please note the proper name of companies listed on this page and this site are used soley for the purpose of identification. This usage is not to be confused with affiliation or approval. There has absolutely no connection between this site and any of the companies below except as a customer.
Also note that the information used in the construction of this site has been found in the public domain and is based almost exclusively on records from the FCC's ULS database. Additional information from in person site visits, memories of former network technicians as well as historical documents such as old route maps have also been used.
Below is a table of microwave networks active and dark in the Mid-Atlantic region (Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina). Some networks are access backhaul (such as wireless and telecom) others are backhaul and interconnection networks to support trunked two way radio systems (such as Natural Gas and Power). Still, other networks are used to relay broadcast programing inbetween headends (cable) or remote transmitters and/or their relay stations (broadcast). This page is under construction and maybe expanded to include other types of point to point microwave networks in the region.
| Type | Owner/Licensee | Comment(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Telecom | American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) | |
| Western Union Telegraph Co. | Partly owned by FAA | |
| GTE Sprint | Predessesor to Sprint | |
| Microwave Communications, Inc. (MCI) | Partly active | |
| General Telephone & Electric (GTE) | Silent, mostly demolished | |
| C&P Telephone (Bell Atlantic) | Mostly silent, few rural routes left | |
| Carolina Telephone & Telegraph (CT&T) | Silent | |
| Intermedia | ||
| Cellco Partnership | related to, but predates Verizon Wireless | |
| Wireless Carriers | CellularONE (Virginia Cellular) | |
| CellularONE (Washington/Baltimore Cellular) | Now Cingular | |
| Comcast CellularONE | Now Cingular | |
| CellularONE (Dobson) | ||
| GTE Mobilnet | Now Verizon Wireless | |
| Bell Atlantic Mobile (BAM) | Now Verizon Wireless | |
| U.S. Cellular | ||
| Alltel | ||
| Broadcast relay | Commonwealth Public Broadcasting | PBS => TXer to relay |
| Blue Ridge Public TV | PBS => TXer to relay | |
| Virginia Tech Foundation | NPR => TXer to remote TXer/relay | |
| Cable TV | COX Communications | |
| Adelphia Cablevision | ||
| Charter Cable | ||
| WolrdCom Broadband | ||
| Gas/Pipeline | Columbia Gas | |
| Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) | Related to VEPCO | |
| Williams (Transcontinental Pipeline) | Decomissioned | |
| Power | Virginia Electric & Power Co. (VEPCO) | |
| Potomac Electric & Power Co. (PEPCO) | ||
| American Electtric Power (AEP) | ||
| Delmarva Power & Light (DPL) | Now Connectiv |