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Piedmont Telephone Membership Corporation (PTMC) was chartered on May 5, 1965 by
The Secretary of State and became the ninth in the state with territory assigned as "those rural areas of the county of Davidson, State of North Carolina, which are not now served or which are inadequately served."
It was formed by the consolidation of the territories of the Reeds Mutual Telephone
Company (chartered in 1950), and the Churchland Mutual Telephone Company (chartered in 1951). Immediately following the May 5, 1965 chartering of the Piedmont Telephone Membership Corporation the Board set out to meet the full requirements necessary before a loan could be secured.
In November 1967 the Piedmont Telephone Membership Corporation moved into its newly constructed office building. On November 11, 1968 a disastrous ice storm completely destroyed the outside plant of Churchland Mutual, but the Reeds exchange had only four subscribers out of service.
In mid 1969 the Churchland stockholders voted to join Piedmont Telephone Membership
Corporation and in October 1969 financing was approved for a completely new Churchland system.
Additional loans were provided in 1973 and 1977 for Piedmont Telephone Membership
Corporation which provided needed additional central office equipment, subscriber
carrier system, and expanded outside plant.
In 1974 touch dialing was offered to subscribers, being the first in the county to offer this service.
In the mid "80's" a new Nortel switch was installed providing the latest features in technology.
In January of 1989 a subsidiary company was formed, Piedmont Cable Services Inc. that was later changed to Piedmont Communications Services, Inc. to provide cable TV service to Reeds, Tyro and Churchland communities.
Piedmont Telephone Membership Corporation soon added internet service and Piedmont their Long Distance service. We now have DSL and cable modem high speed broadband services.
Today, with 9 employees Piedmont TMC serves over 3300 telephone and cable TV customers. Competition in telecommunications services will surface. Demand for state of the art services is anticipated and the Cooperative plans to meet those demands by providing the services that prove feasible and financing resources are available.
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