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The
Royal Telephone Company was incorporated
February 9, 1911. The company started
by purchasing telephone companies and
farm lines in the area. Some of those
purchased were Northern Rural Telephone
Company centering in Royal; Willow Creek
Telephone Company; Midland Telephone Company
of Spencer; Lone Tree Company Mincer Line;
and Watson Main Line.
In 1913, the company built a block building
25 x 40 to house the switchboard and for
storage space. A portion of the present
site was purchased in 1959 and a new building
was built to house the new dial office
equipment. In the spring of 1968, the
company began a project to provide a totally
buried cable plant and the offering of
one-party service. A loan was received
from REA and contracts were let for 107
miles of buried cable and all new central
office equipment. The project went into
service in the summer of 1971. It was
one of the first companies to provide
its subscribers with one-party service.
In July of 1982 , the Royal Telephone
Company received a franchise to provide
CATV to the city of Royal. The system
was built and cut into service in January
1983.
With plans for new digital equipment in
August 1984, an adjacent lot was purchased
to provide room for an addition to our
present building. In 1985, plans were
finalized for the additions to our present
building. The addition was completed and
moved into in February of 1986.
The Royal Telephone Company motto is:
To remain a viable business in our community
and to keep updated on new technology
and equipment so we can provide our customers
with the best possible services available
at the most economical cost possible.
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