Federated Telephone Coop. has offered communications at the ‘speed of life’ for 65 years Brad Motz and Shaun Ripley installing services in Big Stone County. Contributed photo Federated Telephone Cooperative has been connecting people and businesses for over 65 years. Those methods of connection have changed dramatically, but the focus of their industry has never strayed. You might say that they are offering communication at the speed of life. In the late ‘40s and early ‘50s,