Case Study: Hart Telephone Company achieves regulatory-ready cash flow visibility and financial stability with Synario

Maintaining a Competitive Advantage in the Telecom Industry

Hart Telephone Company (HTC), a small rural telecommunications provider, faced the challenge of delivering broadband and other services with limited resources while navigating complex FCC regulation and NECA settlement forecasts. HTC needed a forecasting platform that could produce multi‑year, rolling cash‑flow projections to estimate future settlement funds, justify grant applications for rural broadband expansion, and protect its for‑profit operations. To meet this need HTC chose Synario’s financial modeling and cash‑flow forecasting solution.

Synario implemented an integrated forecasting platform—providing rolling cash‑flow statements, loan analysis, covenant monitoring and interactive visualizations tied to HTC’s accounting system—which replaced error‑prone spreadsheets and manual pulls from some 1,350 general ledger accounts. As a result HTC can produce accurate 3–5 year forecasts to inform capital planning, evaluate refinancing options, ensure covenant compliance, and demonstrate metrics such as a DSCR floor (1.45) and Debt/EBITDA ceiling (3.25) to secure funding; Synario’s tools have measurably improved decision‑making speed, accuracy and long‑term financial stability.

Hart Telephone Company

Melissa Green

CFO