Augusta 911 Public Relations Committee

Wilkes Telephone and Electric Company, also known as Wilkes Telephone, is an independent telephone company that serves Wilkes, Lincoln, Taliaferro, Oglethorpe and Greene counties in Georgia. The company offers a range of local and long-distance phone services to residential and business customers. It maintains a network of more than 800 square miles of fiber optic cables. In addition, Wilkes Telephone and Electric Company offers various calling features that include voice mail, caller identification, and call waiting, forwarding and tracing services. The company is a part of Dycom Holding, which is a holding company that provides satellite television, wireless and data services.

Established in 1952, West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative offers a range of local and long-distance phone services to residential and business customers. The company also provides dial-up and high-speed Internet access services. It offers digital subscriber line solutions to clients. West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative provides a variety of calling features that include caller identification, call forwarding and voice mail services. In addition, the company offers paging solutions to subscribers. It serves the counties of Abbeville, Anderson and McCormick in South Carolina. West Carolina Rural Telephone Cooperative maintains a presence in Abbeville, S.C.