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Ben Lomand Communications offers its customers a range of telecommunication products and services. The company offers local service, long distance, calling cards, toll free service and Internet service. BLC offers residential and business telephone service to customers in the City of McMinnville and the City of Sparta in Tennessee. It offers residential and business calling plans. Its Internet service is furnished by the cooperative portion of the Ben Lomand family. Some of the specific services offered by Ben Lomand are content filtering, e-mail, e-classroom, check usage, Web hosting, tech support, domain registration, Postini mail filtering, pop up stopper, change password and NetXL dial-up accelerator.

In operation for more than 50 years, Highland Telephone Cooperative specializes in a range of communication services and related products. The cooperative provides call forwarding, identification, rejection, waiting and return services. It also offers a variety of auto dialing solutions that includes speed calling and repeat dialing. Highland Telephone Cooperative s listing options include additional directory and nonlisted and nonpublished numbers. The cooperative additionally provides toll restriction, voice mail, priority ringing and warm line options. Highland Telephone Cooperative repairs telephone service interruptions, as well as offers wire maintenance service plans. In addition, the cooperative provides DSL solutions for residential and business customers. It operates a wholly owned subsidiary, Highland Communications, which was founded in 1996. Highland Telephone Cooperative serves customers in Scott, Morgan and McCreary counties in Tennessee.