{{Short description|American telecommunications firm}} {{For-text|similarly named entities|Echelon (disambiguation)}} right|150px|Eschelon Telecom Logo '''Eschelon Telecom''' was an American telecommunications service provider based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<ref name="Eschelon">{{cite news|url=http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/03/19/daily10.html|title=Integra swells with Eschelon purchase|last=Earnshaw|first=Aliza|date=March 20, 2007|work=Portland Business Journal|accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref> It operated in the states of Minnesota, Colorado, California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Utah and Montana.
Eschelon was founded in 1996 by its chairman, Cliff Williams, as Advanced Telecommunications, Inc., a holding company for telecommunications businesses. In April 2000, these businesses were unified under the single name of Eschelon Telecom, Inc.
In March 2007, Integra Telecom signed a definitive agreement to purchase Eschelon for $710 million in cash and debt repayment.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/03/19/daily11.html "Integra buying Eschelon for $710M - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal"]</ref><ref name="Eschelon"/>
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==External links== *[http://www.eschelon.com Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328104833/http://www.eschelon.com/ |date=2007-03-28 }}
Category:Defunct companies based in Minneapolis Category:1996 establishments in Minnesota
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