Telecom

Telecom & Utilities

Flathead Electric Coop

Flathead County is fortunate to be served by member-owned Flathead Electric Cooperative which provides electricity to all residents and businesses (member-owners) in the Valley and exists for the benefit of the members rather than investors.  This allows the Flathead Electric to provide energy at highly competitve rates.  Hydropower makes up 97% of the power supplied by FEC.

Local Coop Harnesses Methane Gas to Create Energy

Flathead Electric Coop has recently invested in a new project to collect methane gas and convert it to electricity.  This partnership with the Flathead County Landfill is just one of many opportunities that FEC is striving to make the Flathead Valley more energy efficient.

Most Fiber Optic/ Capita in the Nation

With the most fiber optic/capita in the country, the Flathead Valley is prepared to meet the technology demands of the 21st Century business. With multiple providers of internet service, redundancy and fiber optics nearly on demand for business and residential the area is able to meet both large and small business requirements for the foreseeable future.

Available in Flathead County:

• DS1, DS3, DS0, BRI & PRI
• OC 3, OC 12, OC 48 and OC 192
• Multi-Line Bonded DSL
• Fiber Ring Redundancy
• Frame Relay
• Private Line Services
• Primary Rate ISDN
• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) - “X” DSL
• 10 or 100 MBPS Metro Ethernet and Ethernet LAN
• Gigabit Ethernet Service
• Dedicated Internet Access
• Managed VPN (Virtual Private Network)
• A Full Range of Managed Data Services
• Co-Location Server Hosting
• Cisco Certified Technicians
• Locally hosted Blackberry Servers

Unique characteristics include:

• Instant rerouting ensured by multiple Fiber and wireless routes out of the valley. Fiber, wireless and/or Bonded DSL connections are available to nearly all major buildings and industrial sites, ensuring continuous communications.
• Multiple locally owned/operated Service providers available to custom tailor network solutions.
• Network Centers monitor systems and perform 24/7 diagnostic checks on the company’s core switching and transmission network.   As well as the ability to monitor client lines.  Multiple company offices ensure a speedy response to all issues.   
• Some ISP’s have generator back-up systems ensuring that not even a power outage will disrupt the connection.