CBAN Welcomes New Provider Members!

It's been an exciting February for CBAN as we put the finishing touches on our 2024 Spring Summit and see continued membership growth! We've recently had four great, community-focused broadband providers join the CBAN family.

The Community Agency of O'Brien County (TCA) is a joint action agency co-owned by 4 towns in northwest Iowa - Hartley, Sanborn, Paullina, and Primghar. In the early 2000's, these communities joined forces to build broadband in their communities and created TCA to serve as the operating entitity. TCA continues to play a large role in bringing better broadband to the area, including building fiber in rural areas. 

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Lockridge Networks is a real homegrown success story! Lockridge operates a robust fixed wireless broadband network in portions of southern Iowa and northern Missouri. Lockridge started when parent company Lockridge, Inc. were experiencing challenges with poor internet speed and service. So they connected their four lumberyards with fixed wireless internet, slowly expanding to their employees and eventually residents in the communities they serve. Lockridge has leveraged Iowa Broadband Grants to expand their coverage and begin building fiber networks in some areas.

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Long Lines Broadband, based in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa has a long history of community-focused broadband service in northwest Iowa. Long Lines was also a key player in providing assistant to numerous municipal broadband networks as they were established in the 1990's and early 2000;s.

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Western Iowa Networks is one of the most progressive and community focused providers in Iowa. From humble roots as Breda Telephone Company providing landline phone in the western Iowa town of 500 beginning in 1905, WIN is now wone of the largest independent telephone and broadband companies in Iowa. They continue to grow and play a vital role in bringing better broadband to underserved areas in western Iowa.

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We are excited to have each of these great providers as part of the CBAN network!