If Virginia is for lovers, Shenandoah Telecommunications must carry some interesting conversations. Through a dozen subsidiaries, the company (which also does business as Shentel) provides telecom services in the Shenandoah Valley and beyond. Shenandoah Telephone has more than 24,000 access lines in service; (the population of Shenandoah County is 41,000). The firm's wireless subsidiaries offer mobile phone, paging, and tower services; as a Sprint Nextel affiliate, subsidiary Shenandoah Personal Communications offers wireless services to more than 270,000 customers. The company's cable TV unit serves about 75,000 customers, while about 14,000 households subscribe to its dial-up and broadband Internet access.