Provider certification record

Montrose Mutual Telephone Co.

Listed
RMD number
RMD0002588
FRN
0003726890
OCN
1058

Identity

Legal business name
Montrose Mutual Telephone Co.
Doing-business-as
Respond Communications
Foreign Voice Service Provider
No
Business address
14415 Hwy 45 South, P.O. Box 299, Louisville IL 62858
Filing contact
Justin Gephart
Network Operations Manager · Network
justin.gephart@wabash.coop
(618) 665-3311
14415 Hwy 45 South Louisville IL 62858
United States of America
Principals, Affiliates, Subsidiaries, and Parent Companies
The Principals of Montrose Mutual Telephone Company are: Dave Grahn is the President of Wabash Independent Networks, Inc and Barry Adair serves as CEO of Wabash Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Wabash Telephone Cooperative, Inc has Managing Control of Wabash Independent Networks, Inc , Inc and all its affiliates and subsidiaries. Monrose Mutual Telephone Company is a subsidiary of Wabash Independent Networks, Wabash Telephone Cooperative, Inc has (100%)percentage ownership of Wabash Independent Networks and the Montrose Mutual Telephone subsidiary. The parent company of Montrose Mutual Telephone Company, Inc is Wabash Telephone Cooperative.

Classification

Provider role(s)
  • Voice service provider
STIR/SHAKEN implementation
RoleImplementation
Voice service providerPartial
OverallPartial
Exemption rules
Consistent with 64.6304(d),Montrose Mutual Telephone Company Inc’s network still has a non-IP portion which relies on technology that cannot initiate, maintain, carry, process, and terminate SIP calls. To continue to meet the non-IP network criteria for the continuing STIR SHAKEN extension ( 64.6303 (a)(2)), Montrose Mutual Telephone Company Inc serves actively on the STI-GA Board of Directors, STI-GA Technical Committee, and is also a member of the NIPCA Committee (ATIS Non-IP Standards).

Prior investigations / actions

Description
 

Robocall mitigation plan

Declaration

By
Barry Adair
Date
2026-02-25Last Recertified 2026-02-19

Listing history

DateEventDetail / diff
2026-02-25NewInitial certification filed and added to database.