September 2018 – Liberty Communication becomes a Certified Gig-Capable Provider.
June 2017 – Liberty Communication’s was designated as a Smart Rural Community by the NTCA.
In January of 2010 Liberty Communications refreshed the company image with a new logo and colors. The new logo still contains a shade of blue similar to one used by the company for years, but incorporates a bright red with an arc that swoops over the company name. The arc represents a fiber optic cable. In a fiber optic network, red lasers send information down the glass fibers.
Liberty Communications launched Liberty Digital TV service in the spring of 2005, following a franchise election in West Branch.The 100% digital quality TV service provided one more option for both rural and urban customers in West Branch and West Liberty.
Liberty Communications started its own ISP, Lcom.net, in March of 2002. By becoming Lcom.net, we were able to provide an improved Internet product directly to our customers. We were also in a position to respond to new technologies as they became available.
Liberty Communications introduced Megaband high-speed Internet service in July of 2000. Megaband was 10 times faster than dial-up Internet service and gave the convenience of being able to talk on the phone line while surfing the web.
Construction crews were busy burying and connecting our fiber optic network throughout the area. We laid a total of 43 miles of fiber optics and 15 miles of copper cable. This project not only increased capacity on the existing lines, but helped us expand the distance our Megaband service could reach.
In January of 1997, we changed our name to Liberty Communications. After more than seven decades of doing business as West Liberty Telephone Company, the name change was made to reflect the different communication services offered. No longer limited to just offering local service to customers, the company provided paging and Internet service for customer convenience.
Early History
The West Liberty Telephone Company began in 1899, with the hope to acquire 75 subscribers. The first 75 years brought slow and steady change. Major changes occurred in 1984, both within the industry and the West Liberty Telephone Company.
The breakup of AT&T by the Federal government forever changed the face of the industry. Also the purchase of the West Branch Telephone Company by West Liberty Telephone created the eighth largest independent telephone company in Iowa. In January of 1997, we changed our name to Liberty Communications.
After more than seven decades of doing business as West Liberty Telephone Company, the name change was made to reflect the different communication services offered. The pace of change quickly accelerates with the introduction of Voicemail, CallerID, Pagers and of course Internet service and the world wide web.
With the turn of the century the pace within the industry accelerates even more rapidly. Liberty Communications launched Digital TV service and replaced the copper network with a Fiber to the Home network capable of delivering 100M to each house.
One thing is certain in the telecom industry… it is constantly evolving to meet the growing needs of consumers and businesses as they strive to connect in a global economy.
