Elkader Development

Established in 1997 and headquartered in Elkader, Alpine Communications is a full-service independent telecommunications company. With a strong emphasis on excellent customer service, Alpine Communications is the area's premier provider for high speed Internet, local telephone, digital television service, monitored security systems, long distance service, and special data circuit service to six exchanges in Northeast Iowa. A TEC Store, wireless voice service, computer back-up and security, and business phone system are Alpine's other areas of specialization. Elkader has one of the most advanced telecommunications networks in the country. Every home and business in Elkader that subscribes to telephone service from Alpine Communications has a state-of-the-art fiber optic connection, dubbed the Fusion Network. Elkader is the first city in Clayton County, and one of the first in the entire country, with a city-wide fiber optic network. The Fusion Network provides virtually unlimited capacity to bring telephone, Internet, digital television, and other services to subscribers - with very high quality and reliability.