Community Involvement

Smart Rural Community Provider

Farmers Mutual Telephone Company is Idaho's first Smart Rural Community Provider.

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Fruitland is a Smart Rural Community and FMTC is a Gig Certified Provider. What does this mean for you? 

As a Certified Gig-Capable Provider, Farmers Mutual Telephone Company (FMTC) in Fruitland joins other telecom providers that have built communications networks capable of delivering Internet speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, which is 100 times faster than those currently available in many U.S. households. 

To achieve certification,FMTC showed that gigabit technology is currently commercially available within 95% of our serving territory. FMTC is helping to pave the way for advanced services in our community for telehealth, education and economic opportunity.

 

We are members of the following organizations:

Fruitland Chamber of Commerce

Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Nyssa Chamber of Commerce

Vale Chamber of Commerce

Payette Chamber of Commerce

Snake River Economic Alliance (SREDA)

WTA – Advocated for Rural Broadband

NTCA The Rural Broadband Association

FRS Foundation for Rural Services.

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