News & Updates
CusterTel Awarded USDA RD Community Connect Grant to Expand Broadband Access in Idaho
Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (CusterTel) is proud to announce that it has been awarded through a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Community Connect Program Grant. This critical funding will enable CusterTel to extend high-speed broadband services from Salmon, Idaho to North Fork, Idaho, ...
Cooperative visits
Yesterday I got to hang out with some of the best people I know at two of our fellow Telecom Cooperatives in Idaho. Our friends over at Project Mutual Telephone Cooperative in Rupert hosted me yesterday morning. We discussed some new software they are going to be using and I ...
Patronage for All
During Custer Telephone Cooperative’s Annual Membership meeting held in Challis on March 26th the Members approved an important Amendment to our Bylaws. The newly updated Bylaws created a new Class of Membership that allows all of our customers in the Salmon area to become non-voting Members of the Cooperative. This means ...
Universal Service
Today, March 12, 2025, has been declared Universal Service Fund Day of Action by the National Telephone Cooperative Association. As we navigate the various challenges to the USF, I want to take a moment to highlight the critical role of the Universal Service Fund (USF) in our efforts to provide ...
Salmon Expansion
Custer Telephone Cooperative, Inc and its subsidiary, Custer Telephone Broadband Services, LLC (CusterTel) are pleased to announce the launch of a 3-year, multimillion-dollar broadband buildout initiative to deliver high-speed broadband access to more than 359 underserved and unserved locations and 2 community anchor institutions in the Salmon, Idaho area. CusterTel ...
