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Still Relying Totally on the Landline in Rural Montana

Despite big investments, parts of Flathead remain without cell service

Just last week, Linda Styler had it happen again.

The longtime Condon resident was working a quiet shift at the Mission Mountain Mercantile on Montana Highway 83 when someone rushed inside needing a telephone.

The emergency was less dramatic than previous ones. Instead of a car accident or a collision involving a deer, someone’s truck had gotten stuck up a logging road near Lion Creek close to Swan Lake. Because cell phone service is almost impossible to come by in the area, the man had to walk back to the highway and hitch a ride to the closest landline. That’s often the mercantile’s telephone.

By Dillon Tabish

Full Story: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/relying_on_the_landline/26947/

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