Hood Canal Communications

Hood Canal Telephone Co., Inc. was founded in Union, Washington in 1934 by Morisen Pixley. Pixley, a former newspaper man from New York, also founded Washington States first Public Utility District #1 in Potlatch. In 1956, Richard (Dick) and Eleanor Buechel purchased the Telephone Company from Walter Karnop. At that time, the company had 123 telephone customers and offered ten- party lines. The switching equipment was located in the basement of a home, while the business office was located at the Union City Garage. In 1967, the company converted from operator-assisted long distance dialing to direct distance dialing. A community antenna system, known as Hood Canal Cablevision, was formed in 1971. In 1995, HCC began offering dial-up Internet service and has since added high-speed options such as DSL, cable modems and fiber optics. HCCs Internet access was also expanded to include 24-hour tech support, web site hosting, SPAM and virus filtering and free Internet classes. The name Ho...