About Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company (SCTC)

Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company (SCTC) provides enhanced telecommunications, long distance, broadband services and video in the Stayton/Sublimity area of the Santiam Canyon. SCTC has grown from 1,060 members in 1955 to 4,890 members today.

In 1997 we expanded our business by acquiring People's Telephone Co. in Lyons, Oregon. Today, the company looks to invest in the future by exploring new technologies such as wireless broadband, Fiber to the Home, and enhanced video services.

Cooperatives are a unique form of doing business in which the customers are owners and share in the net margins of the company. The margins are distributed based on each member's respective patronage for the year. SCTC has paid out several million dollars in patronage dividends over the last five years. When our customers sign up for basic local telephone service they pay a one dollar membership fee and become "members." As members they have the right to vote in elections and to serve on the Board of Directors in accordance with our bylaws.

Mission Statement

We are committed to providing our members and customers in the Santiam Canyon and surrounding areas:

• High quality, reliable communication services
• Excellent customer service
• Courteous, well-trained and professional employees
• State-of-the-art technology
• Reasonable and affordable rates
• A successful company now and in the future

Our Vision is to improve the quality of life and prosperity of our members and customers by providing communication services that are reliable, reasonably priced and tailored to meeting their needs.

In conducting our business, we pledge to communicate honestly and conduct our business with the highest standards of ethics, trust and integrity.

About PTC

People's Telephone Co. (PTC) is located in the beautiful Santiam Valley community of Lyons, Oregon. The Cascade Mountains to the east and the graceful Santiam River flowing through town make Lyons one of the prime undiscovered gems in Oregon. Originally formed as a "farmer system" by five families in 1906, PTC has gone through many changes over the years, most recently being purchased by Stayton Cooperative Telephone Company (SCTC) on May 15, 1997.

Just because Lyons isn't a hectic, bustling metropolitan area doesn't mean that the people who live here can't take advantage of the benefits of state-of-the-art technology. As of January 2009, PTC provided over 1,000 residential access lines and over 200 business access lines. Over 40% of our customers have subscribed to High Speed Broadband Internet service provided by Willamette Valley Internet, an affiliate of SCTC. The local residents have embraced the new technologies and more than 70% of the existing customers enjoy the benefits of advanced services such as Custom Calling Features, Caller ID and Voice Mail.

Scio Mutual Telephone Association (SMTA)

Scio Mutual Telephone Association (SMTA) provides enhanced Telecommunications, Broadband Services, Cablevision, and Cellular Service. SMTA is extremely proud to be on the cutting edge in technology by installing fiber to the home-FTTH. FTTH delivers Telephone, High Speed Internet, and Cable TV to your home on optical fiber or "glass".

We are always looking for new and inventive ways of providing our members the best possible service at the lowest possible prices. Our motto is "facilitating communication in our community". We work hard at communicating and conducting business to the highest standards of ethics, trust and integrity.

SMTA is a cooperative, which means that SMTA is owned by you the "members" and share in the net margins of the company.