There was a time when long distance phone bills were among the highest percentage of overall telecommunications costs. But competition has changed all that. Since the breakup of AT&T in 1980 and the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, long distance costs are now among the lowest telecommunications charges that customers pay.

A pioneer of value-oriented communications services as primarily a reseller of residential long distance to agents and affinity groups, PNG has matured to become a full-service provider of integrated voice, data, and Internet solutions to both residential and commercial customers.