Born In 1952As West River Telephonewrt Was Created By A Grassroots Effort Made By Local Farmers Going Door To Door Collecting A$5 Show Of Supportper Person To Bring Service To Rural North Dakotaover 4 000 Peopleliving In The Five County Areadidn T Have Telephone Service Out Of The Estimated 5 000Soa Cooperative Formed And Began Working To Bring Telephone Service To Those Withoutover The Course Of Timetechnology Began To Change And With That The Framework Of Wrtthe 1970S Kicked Off With Upgrades To One Party Voice Service And Ended With The Installation Of Our First Computer In 1979 The 80S And 90S Saw Advancements In Voice Technology Including Digital Switching Equipmenttouchtone Servicepaging And Fax Servicesoon Afterwrt Would Find The Need To Expand Service Offerings To Members As The Introduction Of Cellular Phonessatellite Tvand The Internet Started To Shape And Change Societytodaywrt Serves A Larger Area Than Ever Before And At Speeds Faster Than What Was Once Imaginablewrt S Communities And Customers Are More Connected Than Ever Before
