NNTC Company Timeline
1955 – NNTC was incorporated as a non-profit cooperative.
1957–58 – Dial service was introduced in Jackson, Hubbard, Dixon, Concord, and Martinsburg, and later expanded to Bartlett, Clearwater, Coleridge, Linwood, Malmo, Maskell, Morse Bluff, Obert, Prague, and Weston.
1963 – Service was established in Newcastle.
1970s – Aerial wire and poles were replaced with buried cable.
1983 – NNTC formed its first subsidiary, CenCom, to offer cable TV service.
1987 – Craig joined the cooperative, receiving both phone and TV service.
1997 – NNTC formed its second subsidiary, NebCom, which purchased nine telephone exchanges: Allen, Bristow, Butte, Decatur, Spencer, Stuart, Long Pine, Waterbury, and Winside.
1999 – NNTC and NebCom secured a $31 million loan from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to begin replacing buried copper lines with fiber-to-the-node technology, enabling high-speed internet service.
2001 – An F2 tornado destroyed NNTC’s main office and garages in Jackson.
2001 – High-speed internet was launched, offering speeds of 512 Kbps (less than 1 Mbps).
2003 – NNTC’s new office and warehouse opened in Jackson.
2004 – NebCom officially merged with NNTC.
2007 – NNTC purchased Clarks Telecom, adding Clarks, Staplehurst, and Ulysses. The company also borrowed $11 million from RUS to build fiber in these communities.
2008 – TV service transitioned from analog to digital.
2010 – NNTC secured a $69 million loan from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to build a fiber optic network across all of its communities.
2014 – NNTC completed its fiber network, becoming the first provider in Nebraska to offer fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service to all customers.
2019 – NNTC introduced Fiber Fast Internet, delivering symmetrical speeds ranging from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps to all customers.
2022–2025 – NNTC expanded its fiber network and cooperative membership to include Homer, along with rural areas in Antelope, Dakota, Butler, and Polk Counties.
2025 – NNTC celebrates 70 years of service to northeast Nebraska!