Farmers Mutual – Migrating Rural Networks To IP
Farmers Mutual – Migrating Rural Networks To IP
4 Pageswww.redcom.com The Company Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. (FMTC) is an independent telephone and Internet services company. Headquartered in Stanton, Iowa, Farmers Mutual provides local phone and Internet services to five exchange areas in rural southwest Iowa, including the towns of Stanton, New Market, Villisca, Nodaway, and Bethesda. The company also services five Iowa communities outside their exchange area, including Red Oak, Clarinda, Bedford, Corning, and Lenox. “We’ve provided local and long-distance services since 1901,” explains Kevin Cabbage, CEO of Farmers Mutual. “As an ILEC, we currently provide services for 1600 telephone lines, and about 1200 Internet subscribers. Also, we’ve offered video services in Stanton and New Market since 1983. In 2014, we launched our IP-TV
