XIT Rural Telephone Cooperative was organized in 1951 to provide rural telephone service to the residents of Dallam, Hartley and Sherman Counties of the Northwest Panhandle of Texas. XIT Telecommunications & Technology, LTD, is a subsidiary of XIT Rural Telephone, dba XIT Communications. XIT Wireless began operation in 1990 in the TX-RSA 1 providing service to an approximate 7,500 square mile home coverage area ... including Dallam, Hartley, Sherman, Moore, Oldham and Deaf Smith Counties in the Texas Panhandle. In 1996, XIT was the first to offer Dial-Up Internet service with local number access to the residents in its service area. 1998 ... XIT became a CLEC operator and brought local competition to the area. 1999 ... XIT started publishing it own regional telephone directory 2001 ... XIT began offering Digital TV Cable and High Speed Internet. 2010 ... XIT began offering HD TV, DVR, Video on Demand and even faster Internet. Currently, XIT is doing a complete fiber overbuild in its rural exchanges.