SERVING MEMBERS SINCE 1957
About Us
- Scott Shifflett – President
- Jim Hoylman – Vice President
- Becky Coffman – Secretary/Treasurer
- Jerry Husband
- Dick Morrison
- Todd Schimdt
- Ed Shafranek
- Helen Edmundson
- Teresa Morrison
- Joe Semler
- Ray Fear – General Manager/COO
- Sarah VanDee – Office Manager
- Chuck Gent – Outside Plant Coordinator/Combo Tech
- Sheryl Lyle – Part Time Accounting & Finance Clerk
- Declan Patterson – Part Time Combo Tech/Locator
Company History
A Cooperative founded on service and community.
Modern Cooperative Telephone Company came to life on June 25th, 1957 when the towns of Keswick, Kinross, South English, & Webster came together to form a telephone cooperative to better serve their communities. Later that year on December 6th, Millersburg Telephone merged with Modern Cooperative.
2022 began the evolution of Modern Cooperative Telephones copper cable plant to new state of the art fiber optic cable. This allowed Modern Cooperative to offer internet speeds and technology services that rivaled any other area of the country.
September of 2023 brought more exciting growth and new membership to Modern Coop. The area of “West Parnell” was added with a fiber expansion project south of Williamsburg. This allowed members to join from the communities of Wacker West, Rhino Ridge, & Coyote Run.
Modern Cooperative Telephone Company, now doing business as Modern Cooperative Technologies, is rooted strongly in its rich history, and ready to take on the ever changing technology landscape of the future.