("Jay Honeck" wrote)
Holy crap! Sounds like you guys need to check out internet phone
service...

I hear it's cheap!


Vonage has $49.95 Small Business "unlimited" plan. Dedicated fax line, local
extensions (Salt Lake City area codes available) lots of features.

....only it doesn't show Montana as an option, yet.

Our friends have Vonage and have an extra Mexico City phone #. When his
wife's friends and family call, from Mexico city, it's a local call for
them, but rings in Minnesota at our friend's house.

So... maybe Salt Lake City could sign up with Vonage, then you would call
their local Billings, MT Vonage number. Much of your SLC phone traffic would
then be only a local call for you - if it works out that way through Vonage.
Not all, but a chunk of calls could go through Vonage.

$35K x 12 months = over $420,000. Wow!

Ham radio an option? "Calling Salt Lake City..."


Montblack