Mississippi Headwaters Area

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Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative has been providing telephone services for more than 45 years. The company provides sales and service of phones, accessories and television. The company s telephone features include parental controls, screen menu guide, caller identification and voice mail indicator. Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative offers more than 90 broadcast and cable, and over 45 movie and high-definition channels, a sports package and additional channel packages for its customers. The company has a videoconference center that is equipped with electrical and computer capabilities. Additionally, it offers digital subscriber line Internet packages that include Internet access, including e-mail, World Wide Web and newsgroup access and toll-free Internet support. Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative is located in Bemidji, Mich.

Beltrami Electric Cooperative, in Bemidji, Minn., is a member-owned electric distribution cooperative that provides power to the north-central Minnesota area. The cooperative was established in 1940, and now distributes electrical energy to over 16,000 members over a range of more than 3,000 square miles. It emphasizes the safe delivery of low-cost energy and service to the cooperative membership. Beltrami Electric Cooperative is also a wholesale distributor of Marathon water heaters and Electric Thermal Storage (ETS) Heaters. ETS heaters can be used to augment existing heating systems or can serve as a whole-home heating system. Room units are an excellent source of supplemental heat, by providing comfort and warmth to adjacent rooms, with isolated rooms cooling. The company s whole-home systems are available in both forced-air ducted applications or under floor hydronic applications, which are not available from electrical contractors.