Isca Dumnoniorum 28 cities of Britain by the "History of the Britons" as Isca, although Ford read it as a reference to Penselwood and thought it more likely to be Lindinis (modern Ilchester). Isca was also known to the British as Caer Uisc but, after the Roman withdrawal from Britain around 410, there is very little evidence of habitation in Exeter for almost 300 years except for the remains of a building (possibly a church) in the area of the demolished forum and a few nearby graves dated to the 5th, 6th, and 7th centuries. After this, the historical record picks up
Southern New England Telecommunications Connecticut. Under threats of a hostile takeover, Southern New England Telephone underwent a restructuring in 1986, creating Southern New England Telecommunications as the holding company of SNET and its related businesses. Southern New England Telecommunications was acquired by SBC Communications in 1998. SNET Corporation was merged into AT&T Teleholdings, formerly Ameritech, in 2006 and ceased to exist. On December 17, 2013, AT&T announced plans to sell the former subsidiaries of SNET, The Southern New England Telephone Company and long distance subsidiary SNET America, to Frontier Communications for $2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of