telecommunications services, namely, the electronic and wireless transmission of data, sound, text, images and video via broadband networks, coaxial cables, and fiber optic cables; providing communications connections to global computer networks and local and wide area computer and telephone network systems via fiber optic cables and circuit switch-based telephony; internet protocol telephony services; local, long distance and wireless telecommunications services; telecommunications services, namely voice mail, call forwarding, call blocking, caller identification, call return, call waiting, three-way calling, speed dialing, call refusal, auto redial, audio conference calling; calling card services; paging services; video and video conferencing and transmission services; virtual private network (VPN) services for remote sites; transmission of data, sound, images and video to support distance education networks; and providing multiple-user access to a global computer network for the transfer and dissemination of a wide range of information