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About Us - Gearheart Communications

About Us

Gearheart office in kentucky
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The company that began with 72 crank phone customers has grown to over 40,000 subscribers in 3 states. We now offer phone, Internet, TV, Security and more, all with a focus on customer service that has been essential to our business since the beginning.

Gearheart Communications Strives to bring our Subscribers the Best Service with Grit and Innovation…We will work hard for You, Your Family and our Community

R. Heath Wiley, Director of Marketing

Coalfields Telephone & Broadband Company Serves over 7,000 land-line telephones and DSL in parts of Pike and Floyd County, Kentucky. Inter Mountain Cable began operations in 1965 and provides service for approximately 25,000 households in parts of 6 counties in Kentucky, Mingo County, West Virginia and Buchanan County, Virginia.

Inter Mountain Cable has separate divisions including Coalfields Long Distance which serves approximately 5,600 long distance subscribers and a Competitive Local Exchange Carries [CLEC] serving approximately 600 subscribers. The CLEC also has a telecommunications switch in Lexington, Kentucky.

WPRG Local Access Channel of Inter Mountain Cable. It is affiliated with radio stations WXLR Harold/Pikeville, WXKZ Prestonsburg/Paintsville, and WIFX with 50,000 watts in High Definition serves the twin states of Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. The radio stations are owned and managed by Adam Gearheart, the grandson of Paul R. Gearheart and the son of Paul D. Gearheart.

PDNS, LLC is owned by Paul D. Gearheart and Susan Schmoldt. PDNS, LLC has two main divisions: Mikrotec Internet Services and MTS. Mikrotec Internet Service serves approximately 3,000 customers in 56 counties in Kentucky and in three states with network operating centers in Harold, Kentucky and Winchester Road in Lexington, Kentucky.

It also has a Data Center that manages servers for various customers around the world and a 24/7 U.S. Based Call Center with clients around the country including major hotel chains.

Gearheart Communications also owns 20% interest in East Kentucky Network. East Kentucky Network owns a 350 mile redundant fiber ring that connects the independent telephone companies of eastern Kentucky to Winchester, Kentucky. It also owns Appalachian Wireless.

Gearheart founders Paul Roberts Gearheart and Elaine Ward

Paul Roberts Gearheart was born July 23rd, 1925, near the head of Toler Creek. The family moved to what is now Harold in 1930. He married Elaine Ward, a loyal and dedicated partner, of Boones Camp, Johnson County, Kentucky in 1953. They had three children, Stephen [deceased], Paul Douglas and Susan Gearheart Schmoldt. They have 6 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

He attended Harold Grade School and graduated from Betsy Layne High School Valedictorian of the Class of 1943. In July 2010, Paul was inducted into the 2010 Betsy Layne Hall of Fame, which honors graduates who have excelled in their lives and contributed to the community and society.

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