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The company began providing telephone service in 1912 and has
continued the tradition of using the latest technology to bring the finest
service to our customers. Below is a historical perspective of the events that
have brought our company and its customers to the level of service we enjoy
today.
- 1912 - Charter filed with Secretary of State of Kansas to provide
telephone service in Wamego.
- 1957 - Installed the first PBX at Balderson, Inc., to service their
telephone requirements.
- 1959 - Purchased the Paxico exchange and began providing telephone
service to those customers.
- 1960 - Purchased the Flush exchange and received REA funding to
convert those customers to dial service.
- 1961 - Converted to dial service in the Wamego exchange.
- 1962 - Converted to dial service in the Paxico exchange.
- 1964 - The company acquired the St. George exchange and converted
it to dial service.
- 1977 - Converted the Paxico exchange to a one-party line system.
- 1980 - Upgraded Wamego and St. George to digital switch services,
one-party lines, call forwarding, call waiting, 3-way calling, and speed
calling.
- 1989 - Upgraded Paxico to digital services, call forwarding, call
waiting, 3-way calling, and speed calling.
- 1990 - Kansas Cellular is established and goes on line with
cellular service to rural Kansas.
- 1991 - Installed fiber between Wamego and SWB, and all three
exchanges and between Kansas Cellular.
- 1993 - Added advanced digital features: voice mail and caller ID
services. Also, completed the construction of our Service Department building.
- 1994 - Converted to equal access for long distance service.
- 1995 - We became an Internet provider through Netspace Internet
Services.
- 1996 - Calling name and number delivery made available to all our
exchanges. We also remodeled the headquarters' offices at 529 Lincoln.
- 1997 - Installed digital loop carriers to our rural areas.
- 1998 - Installed fiber sonet ring to provide redundant fiber
connection for toll service.
- 1999 - Kansas Cellular was sold to Alltel in October. Our name was
changed from "Wamego Telephone Co., Inc.," to "Wamego Telecommunications Co.,
Inc.," to better reflect the services we provide to our customers.
- 2000 - Purchased Cable TV systems in Wamego and St Marys, began
providing Long Distance Services, and became our own Internet Provider (www.wamego.net).
- 2001 - Consolidated cable TV head ends, installed OC 48 network,
and purchased and opened office in St Marys.
- 2002 - Buried fiber optic cable to 867 homes within Wamego to
replace aging aerial cable. Also began construction of new office building at
1009 Lincoln Ave.
- 2003 - Service department and business offices were moved to newly
completed office building. Also finished digital head end installation and
began testing new Digital Cable TV services in Wamego
- 2004 - Began to offer Digital Cable TV services in Wamego exchange
area.
- 2005 - Began FTTH construction project in St Marys to overbuild
Sprint & become a CLEC to offer telephone, high speed Internet, & digital TV.
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