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Our Team

At Access Montana, our people are our greatest asset. This hard-working and dedicated team is committed to providing exceptional customer service, embracing new technology, and supporting our local communities. With combined experience totaling centuries in the telecom industry, you can be assured your service will be installed, maintained and upgraded professionally and thoroughly. We are proud to say that our owners, management team, and employees all live in, work in, and enthusiastically support the communities we serve.

Our History

Access Montana and the Preston family’s telecom roots in NW Montana span three generations. From a small, rural telephone company to a high-tech communications service provider, Access Montana has helped build the technology road in Western Montana.

1934- Grant and Garnet Preston acquire Hot Springs Tel. Co. (HSTC- now operating as a subtending “sister company”)

1954- Jay W. Preston hired as 1st GM of Blackfoot Telephone Cooperative

1960- Jay & Beth Preston buy Ronan Tel. Co. (RTC)

60s & early 70s- Ronan Telephone Company upgrades dial party lines

1978- Jay Wilson Preston joins Ronan Telephone Company

80s & early 90s- Ronan Telephone Company implements “host/remote” private telephone line service

1995- Ronan Telephone Company launches dial-up internet service

late 90s- Ronan Telephone Company expands internet throughout Lake, Sanders & Flathead counties as Access Montana

1999- Ronan Telephone Company launches DSL broadband internet

2001- Prestons form holding company, CommunityTel, Inc. (CT)

2002 – Ronan Telephone Company buys 3 FCC 700 mhz. license areas in Western Montana in collaboration with Blackfeet Nation

2006 – CommunityTel founded “Oki Communications” serving Browning, MT, in partnership with Blackfeet Tribe’s subsidiary, Siyeh Corp.

2007 – CommunityTel acquires CATV system in Lake, Sanders & Mineral counties operated as Western MT CommunityTel, Inc.

2009 – Ronan Telephone Company launches IPTV

2010 – Ronan Telephone Company launches “Montana West Project”, a public-private partnership funded by the federal ARRA of 2009 (“Obama’s Stimulus Bill”) with match capital provided by Ronan Telephone Company, consisting of RTC’s existing Mission Valley backbone fiber optic network. Montana West is a $19M fiber optic “middle mile” data network providing alternative next generation data transport and end user services in Missoula, Lake, Sanders, Flathead and Glacier counties on NW Montana, including services on both the Flathead and Blackfeet Reservations. Montana West was the only BTOP infrastructure project funded by the ARRA in Montana.

2011 – CommunityTel joins MT Sky Networks, Inc. acquiring CATV system in Libby & Troy in Lincoln Co.

2017 – CommunityTel sells ownership in “Oki Communications” to Siyeh Corp.