Cornerstone Telephone Company

For more than 100 years, Hancock Telephone has served the eastern Pennsylvania and western New York regions. As one of the few remaining independently-owned telephone companies in the region, Hancock Telephone provides the latest in digital technology to almost 2,000 customers. The company was incorporated more than 100 years ago. Owners Bob and Don Wrighter, as well as all of the employees, offer telephone features such as voicemail, caller ID, and teleconferencing as well as cable television.

Established in 1897, The Middleburgh Telephone Company is currently celebrating over 110 years of service. It is one of the oldest of New York State's 40 independent telephone companies. Today, the company serves over 7,000 customers throughout 330 square miles of Schoharie County and parts of Albany County. MIDTEL has received a second grant award of 6.8M from the New NY Broadband Grant Program. This grant will bring fiber optic based broadband services with up to 1Gbps in speed to nearly 1600 additional homes and businesses in the towns of Blenheim, Broome, Carlisle, Cobleskill, Conesville, Fulton, Gilboa, Jefferson, Middleburgh, Richmondville, Schoharie, Summit and Wright. Combined with MIDTELs private investment, this project totals 8.5M in infrastructure improvements. In total between MIDTELs two grant projects, over 15.5M will be invested in fiber optic infrastructure in Schoharie County.