Founded 1950 | Type of business Utility cooperative | |
Industry Telecommunications
Internet Service Provider
Digital television
Security Services
PC Repair
IT Consulting Website Ace Communications Group Headquarters Houston, Minnesota, United States | ||
Ace Telephone, operating more recently as Ace Communication Group is a telephone cooperative headquartered in Houston, Minnesota. It is a telephone company which also offers local and long distance, Internet services, Security services, PC Repair, IT Consulting and digital TV service; it operates in small towns and rural areas. It serves parts of Houston, Fillmore, and Winona Counties in Minnesota; in Iowa, it serves parts of Allamakee, Winneshiek, and Fayette Counties. It also owns and operates Ace Telephone Company of Michigan, Inc, in Mesick, Michigan serving northwestern Michigan in the Wexford, Manistee and Benzie County region and Allendale, Michigan serving Michigan in the Ottawa region. Plus, Ace Link Telecommunications, Inc. which serves the city of Caledonia, Minnesota.
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As an internet service provider, it also has non-telephone customers within its local dialing area. For internet service, in some parts, especially rural ones, it is the only ISP available.
It was formed in 1950 as a rural cooperative to improve telephone service in Fillmore County, Minnesota. It subsequently absorbed a number of other small providers. In 1956 it adopted the "Ace" name. Currently, it has over 24,000 subscribers.