Ontonagon County Telephone Company

Down Arrow Callout: 3000th Phone Installed

Down Arrow Callout: New Business Office Built at 618 River St Ontonagon, MI

Down Arrow Callout: Dial Service Installed White Pine

Milestones  1877 - 2006

Down Arrow Callout: Local Calling to the Entire 906 Area Code   Up Arrow Callout: Expanded Jamadots DSL to Midway Up Arrow Callout: Offered Our Own Jamadots Long Distance


Down Arrow Callout:     Jamadots DSL Available   Down Arrow Callout: Purchased OCCAM equipment to expand DSL range  

Down Arrow Callout: Digital C/O’s in White Pine, Mass and Bruce Crossing Down Arrow Callout: Digital upgrade in Ontonagon Down Arrow Callout: Redundant Loop/ Sonit Ring Finished Down Arrow Callout: Started own  Jamadots Internet Service Up Arrow Callout: Voice Mail & Centrex Installed   Up Arrow Callout: Internet Service available   Up Arrow Callout: Purchased by Mid South Comm   Up Arrow Callout: Added Class Calling Features   Up Arrow Callout: Company Sold to Rochester Tel in New York  

Down Arrow Callout: Digital Central Office Installed in White Pine Up Arrow Callout: Added Custom  Calling Features   Up Arrow Callout: Purchased by Hiawatha Comm Inc (HCI)  

Up Arrow Callout: Purchased Midway Telephone Company   Up Arrow Callout: Fiber Optic Cable  Installed  

Up Arrow Callout: Bus Office Addition  

Down Arrow Callout: 5000th Phone Installed

Up Arrow Callout: Touch Tone Equipment Installed  

Down Arrow Callout: Direct Dial Long Distance Available

Up Arrow Callout: 4000th Phone Installed  

Down Arrow Callout: No More Party Lines

Up Arrow Callout: Dial Offices Installed  

Up Arrow Callout: REA Loan Funds Secured  

Up Arrow Callout: Main Office moved from Rockland to Ontonagon (2nd Floor - First National Bank)  

Down Arrow Callout: Ontonagon, Rockland, and Bruce Crossing have Long Distance

Down Arrow Callout: 150th Phone Installed

Up Arrow Callout: Company Incorporated  

 

 

Down Arrow Callout: Company Organized as Ontonagon Telegraph Co Rockland,MI

 

 

 

 

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Down Arrow Callout: Digital Central Office Installed in Rockland and Ontonagon