The telecommunications industry has come a long way since Alexander Graham Bell made the first landline phone call on March 10, 1876. Even after that first call, phones were not commonplace. Only the wealthy were able to afford them. At the start of WWI in 1914, there were 10 people for every connected phone in the United States. That number dropped to five people per working phone by the time WWII ended in 1945. By 2017, there were over...

Members, In light of the recent global pandemic declared by the World Health Organization; Triangle Communications (Triangle) is transitioning to social distancing of its employees.  Starting Tuesday, March 24, our doors will be closed to the public for the foreseeable future.  Once the pandemic is under control here in Montana as defined by the State of Montana and CDC, we will open our doors again to the public without a...

On March 24, Triangle Telephone Cooperative, now known as Triangle Communications, turned 67 years old. Over that time Triangle has grown and evolved to provide members in 16 counties covering over 23,000 square miles with a landline or internet. We have advanced to now offer fiber optic level of service to over 75% of our members. As you may know, Triangle Telephone Cooperative was formed by people who wanted to have access to telephone...

Happy New Year! It is hard to believe it is 2020. Triangle has important projects planned in the coming year to bring fiber to additional members. Triangle continues to build fiber to the membership throughout our service area. In 2019 we completed construction in Hobson, Rapelje, Turner and a portion of Big Timber. With our dedicated technicians and their determined efforts, our members in the project areas were connected to fiber by...

Thank you to everyone who attended Triangle’s Annual Meeting the beginning of October. We strive to do what is best for you, our members. The 66th Annual Meeting of Members showed the bright future of our cooperative. Our members want to be involved in their cooperative. We had 6 members run for election to represent the 3 districts up for election. Members provided great questions regarding fiber builds, mobile service and capital credits....