Three-for-all … Rural telephone company offers phone, Internet and cable television via phone lines

About 1,000 rural Magic Valley residents can now take advantage of a new technology not yet found even in some major metropolitan areas.

And the company offering the technology hopes customers will realize the service can save some time and money, too.

In January, Filer Mutual Telephone Co. became the first telephone company in Idaho to provide "Triple Play" technology to its customers. The technology allows Filer Mutual to offer telephone service, cable television and high-speed DSL Internet service simultaneously over a single phone line for about $90 per month, said Jim Gunn, network service manager for Filer Mutual.

"We decided that this would be the best approach to help retain our customers and give them something they can’t currently get from the cable companies," Gunn said.

By Megan Hinds
Times-News writer and
John E. Swayze
Times-News correspondent

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