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Roger A. Hahn
Executive Director
E-mail: NINroger@alltel.net
Phone: 402-434-2100
Fax: 402-477-5130
Greentree Court - Rm 485
210 Gateway - Box 24
Lincoln, Nebraska 68505
[North of Westfield Shopping Town at Gateway]




Mission       Goals       Activities       Organization       Remarks Regarding NIN       Brochure


Organization

Nebraska Information Network is a non-profit Trade Organization supported by annual membership fees paid by the Telecommunications Industry Members, approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (c)(6) organization.

Nebraska Information Network’s membership is comprised of most of Nebraska’s 39 local telephone companies. Membership is open to all Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) in Nebraska. These Companies serve significant numbers of rural customers through the operation of telephone exchanges (switches) in rural communities.

NIN was established in 1994 when the leadership in the Nebraska Telecommunications Industry was looking for ways to improve the economy and life experiences for rural areas of Nebraska. Having made significant investment in the latest telecommunications technology within the state, both rural and city, the industry needed to see this technology put to use to benefit the communities that they served. The industries financial success in each community is based on a relationship with that community and using the deployed technology to help the community grow.

Membership in NIN is categorized by size of company, based on the number of access lines served /managed by one corporate structure. There are three membership classes with scaled annual membership fees.

The Board of Directors is comprised of three directors from each of the three membership categories, officers are then chosen by the Board of Directors. Current directors and officers are:



Board of Directors

....... Nine members elected from member companies.
...... Three Board of Director Members from each of three classes of Members.

Class one Membership - Telephone Companies serving up to 2,999 Access Lines.
Current Class one Board of Director Members are:

    Membership Directors:
  • Neil Classen, General Manager - Three River Telco
  • Rex Woolley, General Manager - Hershey Cooperative Telephone Co.
  • Dennis Monter, Supervisor Information Systems-ATC Communications

Class two Membership - Telephone Companies serving 3,000 to 19,999 Access Lines.
Current Class two Board of Director Members are:

  • Terry Erickson, Assistant General Manager-Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company
  • Kevin McGregor, Vice President Engineering - Nebraska Central Telephone Co.
  • Joe Jetensky, Director of Regulated Operations - American Broadband Nebraska

Class three Membership - Telephone Companies serving 20,000 and over Access Lines.
Current Class three Board of Director Members are:

  • Wyman Nelson, Counsel-Great Plains Communications


Officers of the Corporation

...... Elected by Members of the Board of Directors.

President - Kevin McGregor - Nebraska Central Telephone Co.

Vice President - Terry Eriksen - Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company

Secretary & Treasurer - Joe Jetensky - American Broadband Nebraska



Staff

..... One full time and two part-time (Biographies at the end of this section)

Executive Director - Roger A. Hahn (Roger)

Technical Assistant - Jack Frohloff (Jack)

Administrative Assistant - Marilyn J. Maul (Marilyn)



Members

..... The life line of the organization.



Click on a Company's name to be taken to their website.

 

American Broadband Nebraska
(402) 426 - 6200
P.O. Box 400
Blair, NE 68008

ATC Communications
(308) 962-7298
P.O. Box 300
Arapahoe, NE 68922

Benkelman Telephone Co.
dba BWTelcom
(308) 423-2000
607 Chief Street
P.O. Box 645
Benkelman, NE 69021

Cambridge Telephone Co.
(308) 697-3333
613 Patterson
P.O. Box 178
Cambridge, NE 69022

Clarks Telecommunications
(402) 632 - 4321
110 East Elk Street
P.O. Box 70
Jackson, NE 68743

Consolidated Companies
(402) 489-2728
6900 Van Dorn, Suite 21
P.O. Box 6147
Lincoln, NE 68506

Dalton Telephone Co.
(866) 542 - 6779
413 Elliot Street
Dalton, NE 69131

P.O. Box 19817
Colorado City, CO 81019

Elsie Communications, Inc.
(866) 542 - 6780
101 Perkins Avenue
Elsie, NE 69134

P.O. Box 19848
Colorado City, CO 81019

Glenwood Telephone Membership Corp.
(402) 756-3131
510 West Gage
P.O. Box 97
Blue Hill, NE 68930

Great Plains Communications
(402) 426-9511
1600 Great Plains Centre
Blair, NE 68008

Hamilton Telecommunications
(402) 694-5101
1001 12th Street
Aurora, NE 68818

Hartelco aka Hartington Telecommunications Co.
(402) 254-3901
104 W. Centre
P.O. Box 157
Hartington, NE 68739

Hartman Telephone Exchanges
dba BWTelcom
(308) 895-2201
P.O. Box 97
Danbury, NE 69026

Hemingford Co-op Tel. Co.
(308) 487-3311
523 Niobrara Street
P.O. Box 246
Hemingford, NE 69348
(Also) www.bbc.net

Hershey Co-op Tel. Co.
(308) 368-5561
P.O. Box 235
Hershey, NE 69143

K & M Telephone Co.
(402) 482-5220
P.O. Box 187
Chambers, NE 68725

Nebraska Central Telephone Co.
(308) 468-6341
P.O. Box 700
Gibbon, NE 68840

Northeast Nebraska Telephone Co.
(402) 632-4321
110 East Elk Street
P.O. Box 70
Jackson, NE 68743

Pierce Telephone Co.
(402) 329-6225
112 South 5th Street
Box 113
Pierce, NE 68767

Plainview Telephone Company
(402 582-4242
P.O. Box 117
Plainview, NE 68769

Southeast Nebraska Communications
(402) 245-4451
110 West 17th Street
Falls City, NE 68355

Stanton Telecom
(402) 439-2264
1004 Ivy
P.O. Box 716
Stanton, NE 68779

Three River Telco
(402) 569-2666
P.O. Box 66
Lynch, NE 68746

Wauneta Telephone Co.
dba BWTelcom
(308) 423-2000
607 Chief
P.O. Box 645
Benkelman, NE 69021

WesTel Systems
fka Hooper Telephone Co.
(712) 786-1181
012 East 3rd
P.O. Box 300
Remsen IA 51050
 



Other Local Telecommunications Companies


Click on a Company's name to be taken to their website.

 

Windstream Communications
(402) 436-4321
1440 M Street
P.O. Box 81309
Lincoln, NE 68501

Cozad Telephone Company
122 East 7th Street
Cozad, NE 69130

Diode Communications
(402) 793-5330
P.O. Box 218
Diller, NE 68342

Keystone-Arthur Tel. Co.
(402) 726-2281
100 Fenwick Street
P.O. Box 240
Keystone, NE 69144

Mainstay Communications
(402) 723-4448
1000 North Main Street
P.O. Box 700
Henderson, NE 68743

Qwest
1314 Douglas-on-the-mall
Omaha,NE 68102

Sodtown Telephone Co.
(308) 467-2307
25190 Sioux Road
Shelton, NE 68876

CenturyLink
(800) 366-8201
2806 Avenue D
Scottsbluff, NE 69361

Frontier
A Citizen Communication Company
(308) 237 - 3878
2302 1st Avenue
Kearney, NE 68847