PICTURED: Our fiber project begins in Fort Atkinson. With the help of our partners, Cooperative Network Services (CNS) and West Union Trenching, the work began in town in early May. The year has gotten off to a busy start when it comes to our fiber construction. The goal of AcenTek is to bring fiber to
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May 2023
Supporting our Volunteers
PICTURED: Andy Otterness, Combination Technician, presenting Ronald Franzen, Chief of the Fort Atkinson Fire Department, with donation. Part of our mission at AcenTek is to show support for the communities we serve. Beyond the company’s position on this, there is also proof that this desire exists within the members of our team. Each quarter our
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April 2023
AcenTek Announces New Internet Speeds
AcenTek announced improved speeds on their Extreme Velocity Internet (fiber) package. The announcement came with the added perk of unchanged pricing of the package. Residential customers who have Extreme Velocity will get 500Mbps download with 500Mbps upload, an improvement from the 200Mbps they had been receiving. This change is a result of the company’s desire
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December 2022
AcenTek’s Mesick Office Donates to Food Pantry
Our Mesick office recently used Casual Day contributions to make a donation to an area food bank. River Free Methodist Church Food Pantry received $600 from AcenTek this month. Non-uniform employees can choose to pay for the luxury of dressing casually for work. That money is then matched by the company and donated to non-profit
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December 2022
AcenTek Awarded $3.2 Million Grant for Rural Dakota
AcenTek was recently notified that they will be awarded a $3.2 million dollar grant from MN Office of Broadband Development Grant Program. An estimated 486 underserved households, 34 underserved businesses and 88 underserved farms in Winona County will be receiving fiber optic services. Customers with fiber optic services enjoy faster internet speeds, more reliable services and experience no service limitations due to their remote location. The
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December 2022
AcenTek Donates to Food Pantries in Michigan
Casual Day contributions from Allendale staff were recently given to area food banks. Allendale Love INC Food Pantry and Coopersville Cares Food Pantry each received $600 in December from AcenTek. Non-uniform employees can choose to pay for the luxury of dressing casually for work. That money is then matched by the company and donated to
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October 2022
AcenTek Awarded Sustainability Award
AcenTek was recently awarded the Giant of Sustainability Award at Calix’s yearly learning conference. Thousands of people attended the ConneXions 2022 conference, which took place in Las Vegas in October. AcenTek has made several changes recently in an effort to provide the best service possible to our customers. The result of these changes was energy-saving,
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October 2022
Staff Donates to 6 Iowa Libraries
This fall, AcenTek donated to six libraries in towns we serve in Iowa. Libraries in Clermont, Fort Atkinson, Harpers Ferry, Ossian, New Albin and Waterville were each awarded a $600 donation. These donations are made possible by our Casual Day Fund and by the generosity of our board of directors. Non-uniform employees can choose to
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April 2022
AcenTek Donates to 7 Libraries in Minnesota
In April, AcenTek donated to seven libraries in communities we serve in Minnesota. Libraries in Caledonia, Hokah, Houston, La Crescent, Lanesboro, Ridgeway and Rushford were each awarded a $600 donation. These donations are made possible by our Casual Day Fund. Non-uniform employees can choose to pay for the luxury of dressing casually for work. That
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January 2022
New Year, New CEO
As the calendar flips to a new year, we welcome Mike Osborne as the new CEO of AcenTek. Mike has worked at AcenTek for the last 12 years, 9 of them as our COO, so he is very familiar with how this company runs and doesn’t plan for a lot to change. “I am grateful