Big Sky Telecom is a Montana-owned voice and telecommunications company headquartered in Missoula. Founded by Sean Cooper, Big Sky Telecom designs, deploys, and manages communications infrastructure for businesses, healthcare providers, and organizations across Western Montana and the Mountain West. Through our partnership, UpKeep Home Management clients get that same carrier-grade expertise brought home: real network infrastructure, installed by local people who answer the phone.
Who does this work: Starlink installation, cabling, Wi-Fi and all networking work described here is performed by Big Sky Telecom, not by UpKeep. We coordinate access and handle the finish work around an install. We are not the contractor for the connectivity portion and we do not warranty it.
Why we partnered with Big Sky Telecom
A great internet connection depends on more than the equipment in the box. It depends on where the dish is mounted, how cable gets through the walls, and whether the signal actually reaches the rooms you use.
UpKeep handles the house. Big Sky Telecom handles the network. Together, we deliver one coordinated project with one point of contact, so you never have to schedule a handyman and an installer separately or wonder who is responsible when something is not right.
Starlink installation done properly
Starlink has changed what is possible for homes, cabins, and ranches across rural Montana, but a self-install is not always a clean install. Big Sky Telecom handles site surveys for a clear view of the sky, roof, wall, and pole mounting, weatherproofed wall penetrations, clean cable routing, and router placement for full-home coverage.
UpKeep crews take care of the finish work around the install, including access, patching, sealing, and trim, so your home looks as good after the project as it did before.
Structured cabling and home networking
For homeowners who want wired reliability, Big Sky Telecom installs Cat6 Ethernet drops, low-voltage runs, coax, and organized network closets, along with mesh Wi-Fi and access points for larger homes, shops, and outbuildings.
It is the same disciplined cabling Big Sky Telecom deploys in commercial offices and data centers, applied to home offices, media rooms, security cameras, and smart home systems. Remodeling or building? We coordinate the low-voltage work alongside your project so it is planned in, not patched on later.
Rural and second home connectivity
The places where a connection matters most tend to be the ones furthest from a cable run. Cabins and second homes around Seeley Lake, Clinton, Huson and Bonner are where rural internet installation stops being a convenience and becomes the reason a place is usable at all.
As a Starlink installer working across Western Montana, Big Sky Telecom deals with the parts a self-install leaves out: where the dish actually gets a clear view of the sky, how the cable gets through a wall without letting water follow it in, and whether the signal still reaches the far end of the building.
Home network setup beyond the router
Home Wi-Fi installation is rarely solved by moving the router. Big Sky Telecom handles home network setup properly: ethernet cable installation to the rooms that need it, access points placed for real coverage, and a tidy place for the equipment to live.
For anyone working from a spare room at the end of a long house, home networking services are the difference between a video call that holds and one that does not.
Built and supported close to home
Big Sky Telecom serves homeowners and businesses throughout Missoula, Hamilton, Polson, Butte, and the surrounding Western Montana communities.
If you work from home, Big Sky Telecom also offers business phone service, hosted VoIP, and managed IT, so the connection you depend on is backed by a team that understands the full stack. When something needs attention, you reach the people who built it.
Ready to get connected?
Mention Starlink, Wi-Fi, or cabling when you request service from UpKeep, and we will bring Big Sky Telecom into the project from day one.