Private company
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Defunct American corporation
PAETEC Holding Corporation was a Fortune 1000 telecommunications company headquartered in Perinton, New York, United States. It was founded as the private company PaeTec Communications, Inc. in 1998 by Arunas A. Chesonis. In 2007 it merged with US LEC and then Cavalier Telephone Company and became a publicly traded company, and in 2011 it was acquired by Windstream Communications.3 It was founded by Arunas Chesonis.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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PAETEC Holding Corporation was a Fortune 1000 telecommunications company headquartered in Perinton, New York, United States. It was founded as the private company PaeTec Communications, Inc. in 1998 by Arunas A. Chesonis. In 2007 it merged with US LEC and then Cavalier Telephone Company and became a publicly traded company, and in 2011 it was acquired by Windstream Communications.3
Founded by Arunas Chesonis in 1998.1
The name PAETEC was derived from the initials of the first names of its founder's wife Pam and four children Adam, Erik, Tessa and Emma. In earlier days, the name was displayed as PaeTec Communications, Inc. After the acquisition of US LEC, the new merged entity became PAETEC Holding Corp., however, the company is simply referred to as PAETEC.
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Who has led PAETEC Holding Corp., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
September 9, 1999 – Purchased CAMPUSLINK Communications Systems, a privately owned telecommunications company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
August 19, 2004 – Purchased Covista North East Call Zone (Covista Still Privately owned company, also operating as Total Tel)
January 4, 2005 – Purchased American Long Lines, a privately owned telecommunications company.
February 28, 2007 – Acquired Charlotte, North Carolina–based telecommunications company US LEC, becoming the publicly traded PAETEC Holding Corp
October 12, 2007 – Acquired Allworx Corp
February 8, 2008 – Acquired McLeodUSA
December 6, 2010 – Acquired Cavalier Telephone Corporation
December 28, 2010 – Acquired FTS Ltd. subsidiary, Leap RevChain
May 31, 2011 – Acquired XETA Technologies, Inc.
December 1, 2011 – Acquired by Windstream Communications
PAETEC owned the naming rights to PAETEC Park, a soccer-specific stadium in nearby Rochester, New York, from its opening in 2006 to 2008.
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Since its acquisition, PAETEC (also known as STARNET PAETEC) has been listed several times as the provider of VOIP services to phone scammers.
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How PAETEC Holding Corp. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.
SC 13G (9), CORRESP (8), S-4 (7), S-4/A (7), SC 13D/A (7), UPLOAD (6), 10-K (5), 424B3 (5), DEF 14A (5), 5 (4), ARS (4), S-8 (4), S-8 POS (4), 4/A (3), 8-K/A (2), SC 13D (2), 10-K/A (1), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 8-K12G3 (1), POS AM (1), RW (1), S-1 (1), S-1/A (1), S-3 (1), S-3/A (1), S-3ASR (1)
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