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Founded in 1953, Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative provides a range of wireless communications services to consumers, businesses and government customers. The company offers various cellular, paging and data services to subscribers. It also provides local and long-distance services in Tennessee. Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative is a service provider that offers Internet access solutions. The company serves the real estate, finance and telecommunications industries. Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative serves more than 4,000 consumers, as well as offers cable television services. The company maintains a fiber and copper cable network.

In response to the lack of telephone service provided to Alabama s rural areas, a handful of local residents joined together to form what would later become the Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Alabama s largest member-owned telephone cooperative. Originally called the Farmers Telephone Cooperative, the name was changed in 2005 to reflect the company s commitment to more modern telecommunications services. FTC offers wireless, local and long-distance service, toll-free access to the Internet and high-speed broadband to approximately 20,000 subscribers in seven exchanges across DeKalb and Jackson counties. In 2002, FTC opened its new, expanded headquarters and business office in Rainsville, Ala.