About Us
A brief history of Wittenberg Telephone Company.
1898
Beginning of Telephone Service in Wittenberg Telephone Company.
1901
Beginning of Elderon Telephone Company.
1919
Operators on duty 24 hours a day and paid
$0.22 per hour for 19-hour days.
1921
Wittenberg Telephone Company and Elderon Telephone Companies
incorporate hosting a total of 363 subscribers.
1967
First dial telephones installed.
1981
Cable TV system founded by local investors,
maintained by Wittenberg Telephone Company.
1983
Party lines eliminated and replaced with one
party private phone lines.
1990
Wittenberg Telephone Company Long Distance founded, powered by
Wittenberg Telephone Company.
1996
Wittenberg Telephone Company offers first internet
to rural Wittenberg Telephone Company and Elderon.
2010 and Beyond
Wittenberg Telephone Company serves customers
with everything from phone service, High-Speed Internet and
HDTV. Technology drives the company to embrace change, while
dependable commitment to local customer and technical service
remain at the core.
