Main Content:
Utilities & Communications
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.
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.
