About Bloomer Broadband
We’re a hometown company with a big heart for the folks we serve.
Serving Bloomer and beyond since 1901
Our story began as a group of neighbors who saw a need for phone service—then struck out on their own to bring it home. Since then, we’ve been in the business of bettering our communities with cutting-edge technologies. We’re a small team with a big heart for the area, and that dedication drives everything we do. Because better connections mean better opportunities for the people we serve, and we’re in it for the long haul.
Our history
June 1901—Bloomer Broadband was founded by a group of Bloomer businessmen including Henry Lebnis, a lawyer and the first company president, and Dr. J. A. Morrison, a dentist and the company’s first secretary-treasurer. The first telephone and switchboard were purchased from the Eureka Electric Company of Chicago with a 100-line capacity.
Within six years of its founding, Bloomer Broadband was delivering phone service to 45 businesses and 114 homes in Bloomer. Free service was provided from the Bloomer Exchange to Colfax, Eagle Point, Sand Creek, and New Auburn. Bloomer Broadband also established an exchange at New Auburn, Wisconsin.
The Bloomer Exchange was converted to a dial operation.
The Bloomer Broadband telephone exchange was rebuilt with all-buried cable and was switched to one-, two-, and four-party service.
Party lines, no more! Bloomer Broadband begins to provide one-party service to all subscribers.
Hear that? It’s the nostalgic sound of dial-up internet—which Bloomer Broadband began to provide to all of its subscribers. Beep boop.
Bloomer Broadband added high-speed internet capabilities as the demand for this new technology grew.
Bloomer Broadband begins a large project to convert its internet network from copper to fiber-to-the-home technology. Video entertainment capabilities are also added.
Bloomer Broadband is continuing to expand our service area and speed offerings to ensure all of our neighbors have the connections they need to live their best lives.
We’re proud to be a part of the Bloomer community
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Bloomer Broadband is proud to be recognized by NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association as a Certified Gig-Capable Provider for delivering Gigabit broadband speeds and enabling technological innovation in our communities.