 TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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Cheyenne, WY
1 edit | Union Wireless In Wyoming we have Union Wireless. I am here to tell you in the areas where Union is in direct compatition with Qwest, Union is killing them. Wyoming has always been at the short end of the stick when it comes to good telephone service, First AT&T or the highway, Then US West, customer service you don't need no stink'n customer service. Finally Qwest, screw you and the horse you road in on, (this told to you by some poor soul with a third world accent) When US West and then Qwest started to Choke Cherry pick Wyoming The Union Telephone Company was the only telco in a position to take over. At first there was a lot of worry over this, Now however people who have Union Telephone service are very pleased with what they have.
Here is their history:
The History of Union Telephone
On January 28, 2006, Union Telephone Company celebrated their 93rd anniversary. Union Telephone Company was incorporated under Wyoming law on January 28, 1914, only 38 years after Alexander Graham Bell spoke those famous words "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!" on the first telephone. Union Telephone Company's name came from the merging of the Smith's Fork Mutual Line, the Black's Fork Telephone Line and the Lonetree-Linwood Telephone Company. The company began operations serving grounded rural lines on a homemade switch that used 30/40 and 30/30 Winchester rifle cartridges as plugs and jacks. In 1946, the Fort Bridger Telephone Company merged with Union Telephone Company. In 1956, John D. Woody, the founder of Union Telephone, had grown well past retirement age and found the company was not producing enough income to support him and his family. The Board of Directors of Union Telephone Company agreed to offer the whole company to AT&T for the sum of $1.00. AT&T refused the offer. As part of the REA loan paperwork, Union sought and received certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity in both Wyoming and Utah.
In 1979, Union installed one of the first two digital switches in the state of Wyoming. This switch presently resides in the Central Office in Mountain View, Wyoming.
In July of 1990, Union Telephone began it's cellular division under the name of Union Cellular with eight cell sites. Today, Union Cellular covers over 123,611 square miles with 122+ cell sites throughout Wyoming, Northwestern Colorado, and parts of Utah. Union Telephone has expanded their services, offering Internet, Digital Subscriber Line(DSL), and cable TV in some markets.
In April 1994, a sales agreement was made between Union and US West for Union to purchase some of the US West exchanges. This agreement was finalized on October 26, 1994 when Union took possession of the exchanges serving Hanna, Saratoga, LaBarge, Encampment, Rock River, McFadden, and Shirley Basin, Wyoming. These exchanges added to the already served areas of Mountain View, Fort Bridger, Lyman, Urie, and McKinnon, Wyoming; Christmas Meadows, Manila, Dutch John, and Greendale, Utah; and Ladore, Colorado.
Union Telephone bases its successful history on its dedication to being family owned and operated, and prides itself on family values.
»www.unionwireless.com/default.aspx
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1 edit | More than what you'd expect to pay. But You always pay more with the small providers:
256K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24.99
512K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34.99
1.5M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44.99
Union Modem Required - $65.00 Connection Fee
Lease for $10 or Purchase for $175.00 (Free with 2year commitment)
They don't state upload speed on their site.
I don't see how they're in direct competion with Qwest though. It looks like they both cover their own areas just like any other provider. |
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TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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Cheyenne, WY | said by hottboiinnc:More than what you'd expect to pay. But You always pay more with the small providers: 256K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24.99 512K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34.99 1.5M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44.99 Union Modem Required - $65.00 Connection Fee Lease for $10 or Purchase for $175.00 (Free with 2year commitment) They don't state upload speed on their site. Take a look at the service area Union has. Before Union some of these area had dialup connection speeds from the stone age. There was a friend of mine in the Saratoga, Wyoming area who had a 14.4K baud dialup. Union came in an it went to 50K, and then DSL at 1.5M he feels he has died and gone to heaven.
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 tubbynetreminds me of the danse russePremium,MVM
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Chandler, AZ | reply to hottboiinnc
said by hottboiinnc:More than what you'd expect to pay. But You always pay more with the small providers: much less than what i used to pay frontier every month. i had their "high speed" package of 1m/128k. paid over $65/month and that was with the $32 i already had to spend for a *basic* phone line.
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Union may have taken dial-up to 50K but they still charge $19.95 a month for it too! what a rip! especially since it can be had for $9.95 per month every where else. |
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And without that basic line how do you want them to provide you with DSL? They obtain USF money just like everyone else to support that network that you were lucky to get DSL on even at that price. instead of whining about the price you should be thankful they didnt keep you on Dial-up like ATT does if there isn't anyone else in the area to offer HSI.
I had that problem with ATT/SBC they were offering dial-up and charging long distance for local numbers. Wouldn't do anything about it. the State PUC didn't do anything either. I still owe them $4,000 in "LD calls" according to them, and thats right I never paid the damn bill and that was only for 1 month of service from them. TWC took over the local cable company and after 6 months of rebuilding the city out and RR being available ATT/SBC had DSL available too! But surprising the day before it wasn't available due to the city didn't have enough people interested in it to make it an option to install.
Hell you couldn't even get ISDN because they said there wasn't enough people to make it happen. |
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tubbynetreminds me of the danse russePremium,MVM
join:2008-01-16
Chandler, AZ
1 edit | said by hottboiinnc:They obtain USF money just like everyone else to support that network that you were lucky to get DSL on even at that price. instead of whining about the price you should be thankful they didnt keep you on Dial-up like ATT does if there isn't anyone else in the area to offer HSI. weren't you just bitching about union costing more than you would expect to pay?
said by hottboiinnc:More than what you'd expect to pay. But You always pay more with the small providers: 256K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24.99 512K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34.99 1.5M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $44.99 Union Modem Required - $65.00 Connection Fee Lease for $10 or Purchase for $175.00 (Free with 2year commitment) yep...you were. 
the point of my post was to show that union *is not that bad* and in fact, frontier areas, especially deeply rural frontier areas that have just been purchased are going to be bent over the proverbial table.
said by hottboiinnc:I had that problem with ATT/SBC they were offering dial-up and charging long distance for local numbers. Wouldn't do anything about it. the State PUC didn't do anything either. maybe you shoulda built your own phone network. wouldn't have had to worry about it then.
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| they have the USF to subsidize the networks. instead Union rapes the customer. They still charge $19 for dial-up! and most likely they're the only provider that can get a local exchange in those for the modems as well.
also the issue with SBC/ATT was before the states even allowed overbuilders. It was back in 2000. You had a Reseller that you could deal with but that was that. Nobody else built anything and couldn't. Especially having a Repb. for a Governor that only wanted to steal from the state. |
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tubbynetreminds me of the danse russePremium,MVM
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Chandler, AZ | said by hottboiinnc:they have the USF to subsidize the networks. instead Union rapes the customer. again, i point you to my previous post, more specifically
said by tubbynet:much less than what i used to pay frontier every month. i had their "high speed" package of 1m/128k. paid over $65/month and that was with the $32 i already had to spend for a *basic* phone line. now, let me slow down my typing:
• union is charging $44.99 for 1.5m dsl
• i was paying over $65 for 1m/128k dsl from frontier
• the price for union is less than the price from frontier
who is *really* getting raped here?
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join:2000-01-05
Quincy, MA
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I loved the history of that Union Telco, especially this line:
"The company began operations serving grounded rural lines on a homemade switch that used 30/40 and 30/30 Winchester rifle cartridges as plugs and jacks."
Gee, I sure hope they were empty cartridges or else they might have gotten a big surprise when the 90vac ring current went through. 
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