Colchester, IL – Beginning January 1, Infobahn Outfitters will be a wholly owned subsidiary of McDonough Telephone Cooperative.
The companies believe customers will feel a minimal impact. Customers' telephone numbers and e-mail addresses will not change. Both companies will retain their current names.
The deal extends the reach of both organizations, which served different parts of western Illinois.
The cooperative has 30 employees while Infobahn employs 15 people. McDonough Telephone Cooperative President Bill Buchanan does not anticipate any staffing changes while the organizations determine how they will work together.
Buchanan says "Infobahn is a strong, well-staffed company and our businesses are a perfect fit."
Buchanan declined to share the purchase price.
You can listen to an interview with McDonough Telephone Cooperative President Bill Buchanan by clicking on the audio button.
Additional information:
*McDonough Telephone Cooperative was incorporated in 1951. It has about 4,000 members.
*The phone company serves 20 communities: Adair, Bardolph, Blandinsville, Brooklyn, Colchester, Colusa, Doddsville, Fandon, Good Hope, Industry, Littleton, Lomax, New Philadelphia, Raritan, Sciota, Smithshire, Swan Creek, Tennessee, Walnut Grove and
Youngstown.
*Infobahn Outfitters has been a locally owned Internet provider since 1995. It offers broadband and local number dialup Internet service.
*Infobahn's service area includes Macomb,
Bushnell, Prairie City, Abingdon, Avon, Astoria, Monmouth (as Maplecity.com), Little York, Cameron, London Mills, Roseville, Kirkwood, Stronghurst (as HCIL.net), Gulfport and Biggsville.