Nemont Telephone Cooperative

Nemont Telephone Cooperative: a buyer’s guide

Nemont Telephone Cooperative is a member-owned telecom cooperative headquartered in Scobey, Montana, serving large swaths of northeastern and south-central Montana plus edges of North Dakota and Wyoming — with fiber, DSL, fixed wireless, video, and wireless affiliates. On RSINC it appears in about 74 cities across 3 states, with a mixed technology map: roughly 23 DSL + Fiber + Fixed Wireless, 15 Fiber + Fixed Wireless, and 14 Fixed Wireless (Fiber is still the primary directory tag overall). Sample directory communities include Billings, MT, Columbus, MT, Laurel, MT, and Sidney, MT.

Those city counts are directory relationships, not proof every Billings neighborhood is a Nemont exchange. Co-op territory and competitive overlays differ. Compare Nemont with other options for your ZIP on RSINC, or call 1-877-697-2926.

History of Nemont — 1950 farm co-op to gigabit Scobey

Northeastern Montana Telephone Cooperative Association organized in 1950 when rural residents bought farmer fence-line phone systems and began rebuilding. Dial service on eight-party lines arrived with fanfare in 1954 (a U.S. senator spoke at the dedication) alongside a new office. The name shortened to Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc. in 1957. One-party service arrived with a new system in 1971; headquarters expanded in 1976 to the present Scobey location. On January 1, 1993, Nemont merged with Valley Rural Telephone Cooperative Association, kept the Nemont name and Scobey HQ, and brought subsidiary Computel into the fold under manager Richard J. Thronson after Tom Henderson’s retirement.

Internet followed: local dial-up through NCI in 1996, high-speed internet in Glasgow by February 2000, cellular infrastructure investment from the mid-1990s, and a copper-to-fiber transformation beginning about 2007 across a footprint company materials describe as roughly 14,000 square miles. In April 2015 Nemont announced Montana’s first gigabit community in Scobey using Calix gear; in July 2015 it launched gigabit broadband in Williston, North Dakota, for fiber-served homes and businesses. Contemporary descriptions place service across northeastern Montana, northwestern North Dakota, south-central Montana, and northern Wyoming, with multiple subsidiaries and on the order of 160 employees in recent company messaging. Governance follows cooperative bylaws with district directors and officer roles (president, vice president, secretary/treasurer) elected to represent member territories.

For shoppers, Nemont is a classic rural co-op modernizing to fiber — still confirm last-mile tech. RSINC’s slug remains nemont-telephone-cooperative.

What Nemont offers — co-op fiber, wireless, and mixed copper

RSINC does not currently publish a plan-and-price table on this slug. Expect fiber where rebuilt, DSL where copper remains, and fixed wireless for some rural reaches — often several labels inside the same directory city. Nemont.TV and other video/community streaming products are separate from raw internet speed. Membership, capital credits, and board districts matter for co-op governance but do not change physics at your NID. Billings-area pins may reflect competitive or adjacent markets — not automatic citywide co-op service.

Who Nemont fits — and when to compare alternatives

Nemont fits member households in Scobey, Glasgow, Sidney, Williston-edge, and other co-op exchanges who want locally governed broadband with ongoing fiber upgrades.

Compare alternatives when you sit outside the co-op map; when Mid-Rivers, Triangle, Spectrum, or another builder already passes the home; or when only wireless is offered and satellite/5G home is stronger. City labels around Billings need careful address checks.

Start with an address-level comparison on RSINC, or call 1-877-697-2926, before you treat any city-page label as an install date.

Nemont Telephone Cooperative FAQs

When was Nemont founded?

The cooperative organized in 1950 as Northeastern Montana Telephone Cooperative Association and adopted the Nemont name in 1957.

Did Nemont build Montana’s first gigabit town?

Nemont announced Scobey as Montana’s first gigabit community in 2015 after fiber upgrades that began around 2007. Confirm current tiers at your address.

Does a Billings listing mean Nemont serves my street?

Not necessarily. RSINC city counts are directory relationships. Co-op and competitive footprints must be verified by address.

How do I check Nemont at my address?

Call RSINC at 1-877-697-2926, or start from the RSINC homepage.

Are published Nemont prices guaranteed current?

No. Verify current pricing, offers, fees, and terms before ordering. Call 1-877-697-2926.

Disclaimer

RSINC is an independent comparison site and is not Nemont Telephone Cooperative. Directory city counts are relationships, not coverage percentages or subscriber counts. Speeds, prices, ownership details, and build maps change. All trademarks belong to their owners.