Comments on: Only in California - The Original Social Network http://viodi.com/2008/04/07/california/ Viodi - The Bridge Between the Heartland and Hollywood Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:48:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ken Pyle http://viodi.com/2008/04/07/california/#comment-536 Ken Pyle Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:55:31 +0000 http://viodi.com/2008/04/07/california/#comment-536 [This comment is from Ron Rogers' of SureWest Communications' PR Department regarding the story at the beginning of the above article] Hi Ken, That is interesting. That story may be true, but we actually created the company due to a need from a number of local farmers who wanted phone service. So that may have been one of the reasons a couple of the farmers wanted to start a local phone company, but many more just wanted service in general. I checked with some of the Doyle family employees, whose family founded the company in 1914, and they had not heard that story. But it doesn't mean it's not true. [This comment is from Ron Rogers' of SureWest Communications' PR Department regarding the story at the beginning of the above article]

Hi Ken,

That is interesting. That story may be true, but we actually created the company due to a need from a number of local farmers who wanted phone service. So that may have been one of the reasons a couple of the farmers wanted to start a local phone company, but many more just wanted service in general.

I checked with some of the Doyle family employees, whose family founded the company in 1914, and they had not heard that story. But it doesn’t mean it’s not true.

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