Minburn Telephone Company d/b/a Minburn Communications was established on January 3, 1903 by several businessmen and farmers who wanted better communications with each other. They purchased the stock to form the company, set the poles, strung the wires themselves and located the first manual magneto switchboard in the local drug store. By 1928, there were 78 recorded stockholders and the company provided service to 97 subscribers in town and 220 in the more rural area. The trenches dug for installing new lead cable to the entire town of Minburn were done by hand, with a spade.

 

In 1986 Minburn Communications was one of the 127 visionary Independents Telephone Companies (ITC) who came together to form Iowa Network Services (INS). INS created the first state-wide fiber optic networks that connected 150 ITCs and their customers to a central hub in Des Moines for Centralized Equal Access. As technology advanced, Internet Services were added to the network along with Network Management Services and Digital Entertainment Television. As service demands increased, reliability of the company network was critical.  INS along with the ITC partnerships developed thousands of miles of a SONET architecture which recognizes fiber cuts and reroutes the network traffic before the service on the network is interrupted.  Minburn Communication is proud to provide the highest level of service possible to their customers.

 

Minburn Communications is excited to be in the final construction phase of a 126 mile Fiber To The Home (FTTH) project in the Minburn exchange area. It is part of the company’s commitment to provide exceptional customer service to their customers. FTTH offers many advantages to residential and business customers while expanding the selection of communications options in the company’s future.  The investment in this new fiber optic infrastructure is also an essential part of the future economic development of the communities they serve. 

 

Minburn Communications has offices located in the Dallas County communities of Minburn and Woodward. The company currently employs a staff of ten who are honored to continue the 107 year tradition of cutting edge technology. To learn more about Minburn Communications, contact Debra Lucht, General Manager at 515-438-2200 or visit the website: www.minburncomm.com