Range

Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. is a local exchange carrier providing telecommunication services to southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming. Established in 1953 as a non-profit cooperative, Range currently serves over 6,000 subscribers in eighteen telephone exchanges. Included in that area are the six Montana counties of Rosebud, Treasure, Custer, Powder River, Carter and Big Horn, and the five Wyoming counties of Campbell, Johnson, Weston, Sheridan and Crook.Forty-four full-time employees are currently stationed at the headquarters office in Forsyth, Montana and the surrounding central office location throughout Range’s service area. Advanced Communications Technology, Inc. (A.C.T.) is a subsidiary of Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. and was formed in 1997 to manage the non-regulated, for-profit portion of the business. A.C.T. is a full-service communications provider offering broadband, optical ethernet, local & long-distance phone, and wireless internet services and is headquartered in Sheridan, WY. In addition to A.C.T., Range’s other subsidiary companies include RT Communications, Inc. in Worland, WY and Dubois Telephone Exchange, Inc. in Dubois, WY.