TruVista Communications

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TruVista
Industry Telecommunications
Founded1897
Headquarters Chester, SC
Products Fiber Optic, cable television, broadband, telephone service Security, wireless
Website https://www.truvista.net/

TruVista is an American company that provides broadband Internet, long-distance telephone, and cable TV services to customers in the South Carolina counties of Chester County, Fairfield County, Kershaw County and a small portion of Richland County. Truvista Communications Offers Basic, Standard, and Digital Cable to Customers. In May 2012, TruVista bought cable systems serving Franklin, Hart, Rabun and Stephens counties in Georgia from Northland Communications, a Seattle, WA based company, and Depot Street Communications, a GA based company. The first acquisition outside South Carolina.

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