Verizon: 701 Beech Ave, McAllen

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Verizon: 701 Beech Ave, McAllen

Year Built: 1981

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MCI bought the two-story building in 1995 for its long-distance network, and it passed to Verizon with the 2006 MCI merger. It sits beside AT&T's McAllen central office in the city's carrier cluster.

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In December 1995, MCI bought the building.

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701 Beech Ave

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Sites within 15 miles of Verizon: 701 Beech Ave, McAllen

Distance	Site	About
0.04 miles	AT&T: 721 Beech Ave, McAllen	AT&T's main central office in McAllen, Texas, on Beech Avenue near the city's carrier cluster.
0.06 miles	Smartcom: McAllen	Smartcom Telephone runs its switch and a small colocation facility on Beech Avenue in McAllen, Texas.
0.14 miles	McAllen Carrier POP: 900 1/2 Beech Ave	A carrier-neutral network point of presence on Beech Avenue in McAllen, Texas, near the city's cross-border carrier cluster.
0.17 miles	Lumen McAllen 1
0.32 miles	MDC McAllen Chase	MDC Data Centers' MCA1 suite in McAllen's Chase Tower carrier hotel, the original home of MDC's cross-border interconnection.
0.33 miles	1547: McAllen MCTX1	The Chase Tower is McAllen's main carrier hotel, a 17-story tower owned by 1547 Critical Systems Realty with more than 45 carriers, two meet-me rooms and the MCT-IX internet exchange.
0.45 miles	MDC McAllen Annex
1.86 miles	T-Mobile: McAllen	T-Mobile's switching center on E Upas Avenue in McAllen, Texas, serves the Rio Grande Valley.
14.97 miles	Verizon: 521 S Missouri Ave, Weslaco	Verizon's telephone central office in Weslaco, Texas, a former GTE exchange.

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