CenturyTel of the Gem State CenturyTel of the Gem State CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. is a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Idaho and northern Nevada owned by CenturyLink. The company was established in 1901 as the Gem State Utilities Corporation. The company was acquired by Telephone Utilities in 1966 as the first company TU would acquire to expand its footprint. The state of Nevada approved the company's request to provide telephone service in the state in 1973. The company became CenturyTel of the Gem State, Inc. in 1998. The company was part of Pacific Telecom until 1997, when it was
Virginia State Route 272 through a mix of farmland and forest to its eastern terminus at US 58 and SR 189, which run concurrently through much of Suffolk. The two highways head west as an unnamed highway toward Franklin and east as South Quay Road toward the center of Suffolk. Virginia State Route 272 State Route 272 (SR 272) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as South Quay Road, the state highway runs from SR 189 east to U.S. Route 58 (US 58) and SR 189 within the independent city of Suffolk. SR 272 is a cut-off of