Mandatory 10-Digit Dialing Coming in October 2021

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted 988 as a new three-digit number to be used nationwide to reach the National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Lifeline, starting July 16, 2022. Customers must continue to dial 1-800-273-TALK to reach...

Outages and a Broadband Boost

by Terry Hendrickson, General Manager Apparently 2020 wanted to see its way out in typical 2020 fashion. As I’m sure everyone is aware, Blue Lightning experienced a widespread outage over New Year’s weekend. A hardware malfunction knocked our internet service out to...