Serving the Metropolitan Statistical Area

UTILITIES

Gas and Electric:

• Suppliers: Alliant Energy, Illinois Power Company, MidAmerican Energy Company, Municipally Owned Utilities
• Pipelines: A.N.R. Pipeline, Natural Gas Pipeline of America, Northern Border Pipeline Northern Natural Gas Pipeline

Water:

• Illinois Quad Cities - Municipally Owned Systems
• Iowa Quad Cities - Davenport & Bettendorf - Iowa American Water Company
• Others - Municipally Owned Systems
• Sanitary Sewer: Service throughout the Quad Cities urbanized area is provided by municipally owned systems with considerable regionalization of treatment facilities.

Source: MidAmerican Energy.

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COMMUNICATION SERVICES

Newspapers:

Daily & Sunday - 4, Weekly - 4

Radio Stations:

21

Television Stations

ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, plus educational & digital cable

Telephone Service:

Ameritech, Central Scott, McLeod, Qwest, Verizon, and local phone companies. Fiber Optic Loop rings both Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities. Universal access to the
Internet.

Long Distance Services:

AT&T, MCI, Sprint, Telecom USA

Local Long Distance Points of Presence:

AT&T, MCI, Sprint

Cellular Service:

United States Cellular, GTE MOBILNET

Mail Service:

The Quad Cities Regional Processing and Distribution Center and the recently expanded Federal Express hub are both located at the Quad City International Airport. United Parcel Service operates two distribution centers in the Quad Cities. The Davenport Center is considered to offer a service level among the highest in the U.S.
Source: Quad Cities Development Group.