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ACTION BATTERY WHOLESALERS, INC.
484 County Road V V
Somerset, WI 54025
715.247.5512 Fax: 715.247.5741
www.actionbattery.com
Chuck Dove
chuckd54206@msn.com



 
ADC
13625 Technology Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952.938.8080 Fax: 952.917.0647
www.adc.com
Patrick Murray, Sr. Account Manager
Patrick.Murray@adc.com


ADVANCED FIBRE COMMUNICATIONS
(See Tellabs)


AERIAL CONTRACTORS, INC.
3030 24th Ave. So.
Moorhead, MN 56560
218.284.9524 Fax: 701.277.1907
www.aerialcontractors.com
Kevin Ellenson, President
kellenson@aerialcontractors.com


AGL CONSULTING
2790 Quebec Court
Little Canada, MN 55117
612.578.2707 Fax: 651.483.1954
Fazil Bhimani, President
fazilb@aol.com


   AGSTAR FINANCIAL SERVICES, ACA  
P.O. Box 220
Blue Earth, MN 56013-0220
507.526.6025 Fax: 507.526.2928
www.agstar.com
Larry Anderson, Associate VP - Rural Finance
larry.anderson@agstar.com


  ALEXICON, INC.   
2055 Anglo Drive, Suite 201
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
719.531.6342 Fax: 719.531.0788
www.alexicon.net
Doug Kitch, Principal
doug@alexicon.net

 
  AMERICAN PRODUCTS LLC        
     597 Evergreen Road
Strafford, MO 65757
417.736.2135 ext. 249 Fax: 417.736.2662
 www.amprod.us

Ron Smid, Account Representative
rsmid@amprod.us



APA CABLES & NETWORKS
(SEE CLEARFIELD, INC.)



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BADGER COMMUNICATIONS

408 - 6TH  Avenue W
Durand, WI 54736
877.672.4200 Fax: 800.778.9470
www.badgercommunications.com
Cliff Albertson, Exc. VP & General Manager

info@badgercommunications.com




  BASO BATTERY INC.

812 Aspen Ave. SE
Box 312
Menahga, MN 56464
218.564.4878 Fax: 218.564.5189
www.basobattery.com, sales@basobattery.com
John Baso, George Baso, Rich Kettwig


  BLANDIN FOUNDATION

100 Pokegama Ave. N.
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218.327.8728 Fax: 218.327.1949
www.blandinfoundation.org
Bernadine Joselyn
Director, Public Policy & Engagement
brjoselyn@blandinfoundation.org


BTI SYSTEMS       
50 Northside Road
Ottawa, OT K2H 5Z6 Canada
613.248.9145 Fax: 613.248.9156
www.btisystems.com, info@btisystems.com
Phaedra Wailton, Marketing Programs Specialist



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CABLE SYSTEM SERVICES
2436 E. 117th Street
Burnsville, MN 55337
952.562.8400 Fax: 952.562.8430
www.cablesystemservices.com
Rick Anderson, President
randerson@cablesystemservices.com


CALIX
1035 N. McDowell Blvd.
Petaluma, CA 94954
707.766.3000 Fax: 707.283.3100
www.calix.com; info@calix.com
Keith Carlson
Regional Sales Manager

16305 36th Ave. North, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55446-4273
612.360.1433 Fax: 763.268.3301
keith.carlson@calix.com
Jonathan Shand, Account Manager
1035 N. McDowell Blvd.
Petaluma, CA 94954
707.766.3068 Fax: 707.283.3068
jonathan.shand@calix.com


CARLSON HIGHLAND & CO., LLP       
301 Keller Avenue South
Amery, WI 54001
715.268.7999 Fax: 715.268.4161
www.carlsonhighlandcpas.com

Dennis R. Carson, Principal
dcarson@carlsonhighlandcpa.com


CC&I ENGINEERING
150 - 2nd St. SW
Perham, MN 56573
218.346.3600 Fax: 218.346.3610
www.ccieng.com
Jason G. Dale, P.E.
jason.dale@ccieng.com



CENTER FOR RURAL POLICY & DEVELOPMENT
600 South Fifth Street, Suite 211
St. Peter, MN 56082
507-934-7700 Fax: 507-934-7704
www.ruralmn.org
Dr. Louis Hohlfeld
, Interim President
lhohlfeld@ruralmn.org



 
CESI        
(dba Fiber Optic Tools & Supplies)
13288 Newt Drive
Neosho, MO 64850
417.451.1789 Fax: 417.451.3111
www.ceslive.com

Christine Dwyer, President
chris@ceslive.com



CHR SOLUTIONS
6900 Wedgewood Road, Suite 400
Maple Grove, MN 55311
763.416.3120 Fax: 763.416.3190
www.chrsolutions.com
Steven Steele, VP - Midwest Region
steven.steele@chrsolutions.com



CLEARFIELD, INC. 
        (Formerly APA CABLES & NETWORKS)
       
5480 Nathan Lane, Suite 120
Plymouth, MN 55442
800.422.2537 Fax: 763.475.8457
www.clearfieldconnection.com

Tom Wolfe, Regional Sales Manager - Upper Midwest
763.519.9768 - Direct
twolfe@clfd.net
Jim Ryan, Bus. Development Mgr. - Midwest
763.519.9723 - Direct
jryan@clfd.net


COBANK COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
Minneapolis Banking Center
Interchange Tower, Ste. 300
600 Hwy 169 S.
Minneapolis, MN 55426
800.282.4150 
Roger Opp, Vice President
952.417.7933
ropp@cobank.com
John Donner, Vice President
952.417.7934
jdonner@cobank.com
Denver Banking Center
5500 S. Quebec Street
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
800.3542.8072 Fax: 303.224.2689
Heather Thompson, Senior Marketing Specialist
303.740.6527
hthompson@cobank.com

Rob West, Sr. Vice President and Manager, 
Communications Division
303.740.4030
rwest@cobank.com



COMMUNICATION CONSULTANTS, INC.
210 - 27th Street N
PO Box 2965
Fargo, ND 58108
701.237.3433 Fax: 701.237.3437
Larry O'Meara, Vice President
info@ccfargo.com



COMPUTER CONNECTION CORPORATION
1101 W. 80th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55420
952.884.0758 Fax: 952.884.2206
www.cccmn.com
Tammy Zywotko
tammyz@cccmn.com


COMPUTER SYSTEMS, LLC
1380 County Highway B
PO Box 557
Shawano, WI 54166
715.526.6125, ext. 2106 Fax: 715.524.2537
www.com-systems.com
Ed Durkee, Manager of Marketing
eddurkee@com-systems.com



       CORE TELECOM SYSTEMS       
10854 Midwest Industrial Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63132
888.375.8826 Fax: 314.372.0233
www.coretelecom.net
James Shell, Sales Manager
james.shell@coretelecom.net



CORNERSTONE GROUP
2725 Rocky Mountain Ave., Suite 360
Loveland, CO 80538
970.203.9713 Fax: 970.203.9716
www.cornerstonenow.com
Shane Petersen, President
shanep@cornerstonenow.com


CRITICAL DISTINCTION, INC.
4820 Highway 7, #506
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952.927.6624
www.critd.com
Aaron Paetznick, President
aaronp@critd.com



CRONIN COMMUNICATIONS
938 T Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.232.1107 Fax: 202.232.1157
www.cronincom.net 
Tim Owens, President
towens@cronincom.
net


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DAKOTA SUPPLY GROUP, INC.
PO Box 2886
Fargo, ND 58108-2886
800.437.4702 Fax: 701.446.9909
www.dsginc.biz, comm@dsginc.biz
Leigh Trosen, Group Manager - Telecom
ltrosen@dsginc.biz
Rory Troff, Account Manager - Minnesota
rtroff@dsginc.biz
Chad Devier, Account Manager - Minnesota
cdevier@dsginc.biz
General Sales - Ole Ellingson, Leah Skjerven
Data & Technology - Dale Olson, Troy Jepson


         DESIGN WIZARDS, LLC        
4007 State Street
PO Box 1662
Bismarck, ND 58502
701.224.1000 Fax: 701.258.0721
www.dwiz.com
Harlowe Tjaden, Marketing Director
harlowe@dwiz.com



DEX MEDIA
3190 S. Vaughn Way
Aurora, CO 80012
303.636.7230 Fax: 303.636.7902
www.dexknows.com
Cindy Ward, Manager-Listing acquisitions
cindy.ward@dexknows.com


DONLIE UNDERGROUND, INC.

10210 - 235th Street W.
Lakeville, MN 55044
952.469.2643 Fax: 952.469.2641
Don Storlie, President
donlieun@aol.com


DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612.340.2881 Fax: 612.340.2643
www.dorseylaw.com 
Michael J. Ahern
ahern.michael@dorsey.com


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EIDE BAILLY, LLP

PO Box 2545
Fargo, ND 58108
701-239-8500 Fax: 701-239-8600
www.eidebailly.com
Dale Kuntz
dkuntz@eidebailly.com


ELECTRIC SCIENTIFIC COMPANY
Fire Protection Systems

7505 Highway 7
Minneapolis, MN 55426
952.933.4671 Fax: 952.933.6541
www.electricscientific.com 
Voigt Lenmark III
lenmark3@electricscientific.com

Scott Johnson
Duluth Office - 218.729.7330
scottesc@qwestoffice.net



EQUIPMENT RENTAL CO.
4788 - 1st Avenue North
Duluth, MN  55803
800.925.8609
218.728.4441 Fax: 218.728.6816
www.equipmentrentalco.com, erc@cpinternet.com
William Raymond, President


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FARMERS UNION INSURANCE
1970 Oakcrest Ave., Suite 118
Roseville, MN 55113-2624
651.631.3014 Fax: 651.631.3093
Chris Danielson
nfu-north@cpinternet.com



FINLEY ENGINEERING COMPANY
PO Box 259
Slayton, MN 56172
507.777.2000 Fax: 507.777.2200
www.fecinc.com 
Ben Humphrey
b.humphrey@fecinc.com
Michael Boehne
5775 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 700
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952.582.2912 Fax: 952.546.4829
m.boehne@fecinc.com
John Ovrebo
P.O. Box 56
Halstad, MN 56548
218.456.2121 Fax: 218.456.2381
j.ovrebo@fecinc.com



        FIRESTEEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.      
209 E. 4th Avenue
Mitchell, SD 57301
605.996.2927 Fax: 605.996.2938
www.firesteeltechnologies.com

Joe Neubauer, President
joeneubauer@firesteeltechnologies.com


FIRST NETWORK GROUP, INC.
PO Box 1662
Wapakoneta, OH 45895
800.578.6381 Fax: 419.738.8043
www.network1.net
Stephen C. Walter, President
scwalter@network1.net
Jonathan L. Kable, VP Network Services
jkable@network1.net
Randy L. Carpenter, VP Information Services
rcarpen@network1.net
Cory P. Lykins, VP Technical Support
tech@network1.net


FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
5640 88th Crescent Circle North
Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
763.488.8300 Fax: 763.488.8333
Cell: 612.325.9975
www.fujitsu.com
Joe Astuto, Sales Manager
joe.astuto@us.fujitsu.com



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GENSOFT SYSTEMS INC.
PO Box 921
Willmar, MN 56201
320.222.6649
www.gensoftsystems.com 
Linda Spoors, Principal
lspoors@cbtech.org 
Dave Langerud, Principal
davelang@cbtech.org



  GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS     
8318 89th Ave. North
Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
800.851.2872 ext. 8012 Fax: 763.488.1875
www.gtsinc.biz
Glen Beltrand, Customer Svc. Agent
glen.beltrand@gtsinc.biz


GOLDFIELD TELECOM, INC.
611 N. Main
PO Box 237
Goldfield, IA 50542
515.825.3400 Fax: 515.825.3915
www.goldtelecom.com, goldtelecom@goldtelecom.com 
Darrell L. Seaba
Area Representative:
Jason Beisel
605.670.2295
Troy Seaba
515.825.3400



GRAYBAR 
13310 Industrial Park Blvd
Plymouth, MN 55441
763.852.6000 or 800.655.9000
Fax: 763.852.6199
www.graybar.com
Chuck Paschke, Branch Manager - Comm/Data
chuck.paschke@gbe.com
Bryan Hughes, Sales Manager
Dan Hanson, Northern MN Sales Representative
Dan West, Southern MN Sales Representative



  GREENLEE TEXTRON INC.       
6566 Annanhill Place
Colorado Springs, CO 80922
719.325.9745 Fax: 719.325.8323
www.greenlee.com
Jim Wright, Territory Manager
jwright@greenlee.textron.com


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H.M. CRAGG CO.
7674 Washington Ave. S.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952.884.7775 Fax: 952.884.7739
www.hmcragg.com, info@hmcragg.com  
Roger Blenkush, VP Standby Power Sales

roger@hmcragg.com


        HALL INSTITUTE, INC.       
11225 90th Ave. North, Suite 201
Maple Grove, MN 55369
763.315.5859 Fax: 763.315.5860
www.hallinstitute.com

Jason Hall, Manager/Owner
jhall@hallinstitute.com


HANSON DIRECTORY SERVICE, INC.
1501 N. 15th Ave.
PO Box 786
Newton, IA  50208
800.622.0034 Fax: 888.898.2882
www.hansondirectory.com
Mike Quick, Manager-Business Development
mikeq@hansondirectory.com


HAZE BATTERY USA
5268 Valley Industrial Blvd. S.
Shakopee, MN 55379
952.746.7528 Fax: 952.746.7527
www.hazebatteryusa.com
Richard Dy, Director
richard@hazebattery.com



HENKEL'S & MCCOY
11071 - 225th Street E.
Lakeville, MN  55044
952.469.2141 Fax: 952.469.2151
www.henkelsandmccoy.com
Dave Hanson, Area Manager
dhanson@henkels.com


HICKORYTECH
215 East Hickory Street
Mankato, MN 56001
877.974.8325 or 507.625.1691 Fax: 507.625.5598
www.HickoryTech.com
Sandra Gibbs, Marketing Manager



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ICORE
326 S. Second Street
Emmaus, PA 18049
610.928.3944 Fax: 610.928.5036
www.icoreinc.com
Jan Reimers, President
jreimers@icoreinc.com
Paul Kutches, Sr. Vice President
pkutches@icoreinc.com
Christopher Ulmer, Marketing Manager
culmer@icoreinc.com


INDEPENDENT EMERGENCY SERVICES, LLC
235 Franklin Street Southwest
PO Box 279
Hutchinson, MN 55350
320.234.3911 Fax: 320.234.5224
www.ies911.com
Thomas M. Dahl, Vice President


INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS, LLC
1000 Innovative Drive
Mitchell, SD 57301
605.995.6120 Fax: 605.995.0084
www.innovsys.com
Roger Musick, CEO
605.995.6120
Randy Kee, Regional Account Manager
randyk@innovsys.com
Mike Kayser, Account Executive
612.867.7121
mikek@innovsys.com
Ryan Tupper, Voice & Video Director
605.995.6120
ryant@innovsys.com



INTERSTATE TELCOM CONSULTING, INC.
130 Birch Ave West
PO Box 668
Hector, MN 55342
320.848.6641 Fax: 320.848.2466
320-848-6642
www.interstatetelcom.com, itci@interstatetelcom.com
Bruce C. Reuber, President
Belinda A. Stark, Vice President
Jerry W. Burmeister, Consulting Manager



ISPN-INTERNET SERVICES PROVIDER NETWORK
14303 West 95th Street
Lenexa, KS 66215
913.859.9500 Fax: 913.859.9805
www.ispn.net
Charlie Brenneman & Lana Moaveni
sales@ispn.net



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J. CARLSON SERVICES, INC.
646 1st Street East
Shevlin, MN 56676
218.785.2563 Fax: 218.785.2563
Jeffrey A. Carlson, President
jac@gvtel.com


JOHN STAURULAKIS, INC.
1380 Corporate Center Curve, Suite 310
Eagan, MN 55121
651.452.2660 Fax: 651.452.1909
James E. Howard, Jr. Vice President Business Services
jhoward@jsitel.com


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KADRMAS, LEE & JACKSON
128 Soo Line Drive
PO Box 1157
Bismarck, ND 58502
701.355.8400 Fax: 701.255.0943
www.kljeng.com
Dustin Maier, Sr. Engineer
dustin.maier@kljeng.com



KATOLIGHT CORPORATION
100 Power Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
507.625.7973 Fax: 507.625.2968
www.katolight.com, kl@katolight.com
Mike Ready, Account Manager



KENTON GROUP
Telecommunication Consulting Services

4454 Fairway Oaks Drive, Suite 400
Mulberry, FL  33860
863.425.8850 Fax:  847.557.1432
www.kentongroup.com
Ron Mullins, President
rwmullins@kentongroup.com
Midwest Division
18045 39th Pl. N
Plymouth, MN  55446
612.759.5831
Dick Shelton - VP Business Development
dshelton@kentongroup.com


KIESLING ASSOCIATES LLP
7780 Office Plaza Drive S., Suite 184
West Des Moines, IA 50266-2337
515.223.0159 Fax: 515.223.5429
www.kiesling.com, info@kiesling.com  
Cheryl A. Clauson, Partner
cclauson@kiesling.com



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LONE STAR TELEQUIP, INC.
PO Box 61181
San Angelo, TX 76906-1181
325.651.6033 Fax: 325.651.5035
www.lonestartel.com, sales@lonestartel.com
Clay Everheart, Owner



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MAPCOM SYSTEMS
7345 Whitepine Road
Richmond, VA  23237
800.745.6277 or 804.743.1860 Fax: 804.743.7513
www.mapcom.com
Tom Nation
tnation@mapcom.com



MARTIN GROUP, INC.
1515 North Sanborn Blvd.
Mitchell, SD 57301
605.996.9646 Fax: 605.995.2577
www.martin-group.com, info@martin-group.com 
Jim Odom, President/CEO
Hannah Walters, Marketing Comm. Manager
hannahwalters@martin-group.com



MERRILL LYNCH
110 S Phillips Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
605.335.0515 or 800.658.4528
Fax: 605.413.4439
David R. Olson-CIMA, 1st Vice President - Investments Financial Advisor



METASWITCH
1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 100
Alameda, CA 94501
510.748.8230 Fax: 510.748.8236
www.metaswitch.com
Gordie Krell, Regional Sales Manager
gdk@metaswitch.com



MICHELS CORPORATION
817 West Main Street
Brownsville, WI 53006
920.583.3132 Fax: 920.583.3429
www.michels-usa.com
Ronald Tagliapietra, Sr. Vice President
tag@michels.usa



MID AMERICA COMPUTER CORPORATION
111 Admiral Dr.
PO Box 700
Blair, NE 68008-0400
402.426.6222 Fax: 402.533.5369
www.maccnet.com
Steve Gross, SR Client Relations Manager
sgross@maccnet.com
Steve Appel, National Sales Rep.
sappel@maccnet.com



MIDWEST DATA, LLC
1711 18th Street NE
PO Box 840
Willmar, MN 56201
320.235.8880 Fax: 320.235.8889
www.mwd-inc.com
Glenn Miller, General Manager
glennm@mwd-inc.com



MINNESOTA TELECOM ALLIANCE
30 East Seventh Street, Suite 1650
Saint Paul, MN 55101-4901
651.291.7311 Fax: 651.291.2795
www.mnta.org
Michael Nowick, President
mnowick@mnta.org



MITCHELL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
821 North Capital
Mitchell, SD 57301
605.995.3026 Fax: 605.995.3083
www.mitchelltech.com
Julie Brookbank, Marketing Director
julie.brookbank@mitchelltech.edu


MOSS & BARNETT
4800 Wells Fargo Center
90 South 7th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-4129
612.877.5000 Fax: 612.877.5999
www.moss-barnett.com
Mitchell Cox
612.877.5291
coxm@moss-barnett.com
Michael Bradley
612.877.5337
bradleym@moss-barnett.com
Brian Grogan
612.877.5340
groganb@moss-barnett.com
Richard Johnson
612.877.5275
johnsonr@moss-barnett.com
Dan Lipschultz
612.877.5306
lipschultzd@moss-barnett.com
Cecilia Ray
612.877.5289
rayc@moss-barnett.com



MP NEXLEVEL, LLC
500 County Road 37 East
Maple Lake, MN 55358
320.963.2400 Fax: 320.963.2437
www.mpnexlevel.com
Lawrence L. Pribyl, President-Central Region
lpribyl@mpnexlevel.com
Tim Pribyl, Vice President-Operations
tpribyl@mpnexlevel.com



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NARDINI FIRE EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
405 County Road E W
St. Paul, MN 55126
651.483.6631 Fax: 651.483.6945
www.nardinifire.com
Tom Nardini, President
tnardini@nardinifire.com



NATIONAL DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE, LLC
2700 Shelbyville Road
The Danville Building
Louisville, KY 40243
866.873.3411 Fax: 502.244.4174
www.nationalda.com
Gary Robertson, President
gr@nationalda.com



NATIONAL INFORMATION SOLUTIONS COOPERATIVE (NISC)
3201 Nygren Drive
PO Box 728
Mandan, ND 58554
866.999.6472 Fax: 701.667.1936
www.nisc.coop
Kevin Anderson, Telecom Sales Manager
Kevin.Anderson@nisc.coop



NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE (NRTC)
2121 Cooperative Way
Herndon, VA 20171
703.787.0874 Fax: 703.464.5300
www.nrtc.coop 
Tanya Sullivan, VP - Communications & Public Relations
tsullivan@nrtc.coop


NECA