Qwest Corporation is an integrated communications company serving business and residential customers across 14 western and midwestern U.S. states. It offers broadband, Ethernet, satellite television under the DIRECTV brand, local voice, switched access, integrated services digital network, wide area network, private line, and information technology services. As of December 31, 2017, it operated approximately 6.1 million access lines and served about 3.3 million broadband subscribers. Incorporated in 1911 and based in Monroe, Louisiana, it operates as a subsidiary of CenturyLink, Inc.