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ABOUT US

COLO TELEPHONE COMPANY: Our mission is to be the communication company that fulfills our customers’ needs and exceeds their service expectations, allowing us to continually reinvest in new technologies to ensure the continued growth of our company and creating beneficial relationships for our employees, shareholders and communities in which we continue to do business as we have for over 100 years 

CENTRAL IOWA BROADBAND: An affiliate of Colo Telephone Company, Central Iowa Broadband has a proud legacy of serving rural customers, combining strong financial performance with quality products, reliable services and exceptional customer service.

INVENTIVE

Be an innovator in the electronic communications industry in our market area and provide packages of services that offer high value to the consumer, a profitable return to our company and its shareholders

BE A GOOD CITIZEN

Be a good citizen in the communities served by engaging in open, honest and direct communication.

BE MINDFUL

Be ever mindful of our obligations to our employees with training, support and a working environment that maintains a focus on meeting the needs of customers with a positive attitude.

MEET OUR EMPLOYEES

Dave Larson

Combination Technician
Joined in July of 1997....

Jerry Arends

Combination Technician
Joined in October of 2019....

Avery King

Customer Service Rep
Joined in March of 2021....

Shane Bellon

General Manager
Joined in April of 2019....

Lisa Vaughn

Bookkeeper
Joined in November of 2021...

Tanner Clatt

Combination Technician
Joined in November 2022...

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Amy Lennie - President
Pat Peakin - Vice President
Edythe Lounsbury-Meller - Secretary
Rich Mack
Deb McIntosh-Flaherty
Pete Heintz
Tony Kash

HISTORY OF COLO TELEPHONE COMPANY

The first telephone exchange in Colo was owned by the Boone County Telephone Company. The switchboard was located in rooms above the Colo Savings Bank. In 1906, interest was generated in obtaining a locally owned telephone company. An offer to buy Boone County Telephone’s poles, wire, switchboard and the Colo franchise for $600 was turned down.

Undaunted, the Johnson’s Grove, Colo & New Albany Mutual Telephone Company was officially formed. The mutual decided to negotiate a long distance contract with Bell Telephone. By January 1907, Boone County Telephone Co. stopped providing all local service but retained ownership of the toll lines.

In 1957, a new aerial cable plant and headquarters building was constructed to house Colo’s first automatic central office, ending the era of the local operator. An all one-party buried cable plant was constructed in 1968, again with a new central office. Colo converted to digital switching in 1985 and a replacement digital switch was installed in 1995.

CONTACT US

303 Main Street
P. O. Box 315
Colo, Iowa 50056

Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Colo Phone: 641-377-2202
CIB Phone: 888-377-0067

support@colotel.org

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