Marne Elk Horn, headquartered in Elk Horn, IA has agreed to sell a division which provides fixed wireless Internet to customers in and around the Atlantic and rural Exira areas to NISHNANET, LLC, a wireless Internet company based in Atlantic, IA, according to Janell Hansen, Marne Elk Horn’s CEO. The effective date of the sale is September 20, 2019. “This area of our business came to life about 18 years ago, when customers in and around Atlantic and Exira, needed, but could not get, faster Internet service. Since other options weren’t available, we stepped up to serve the customers in need,” said Hansen. “Technology  and competitors have evolved and changed since then, and it’s time for us to exit this area of  our business. This change should benefit customers who will be able to get faster wireless Internet from NISHNANET, and still be served by another local company.”

Hansen continued, “This will allow NISHNANET to grow and allow Marne Elk Horn to focus all of our staff attention on our fiber projects and other service areas of our business.” NISHNANET, LLC operates Wireless and Fiber Optic networks in Cass and Audubon county Iowa. The wireless network covers approximately 300 square miles delivering speeds between 25-100 megabits per second to rural businesses and homes; in downtown Atlantic speeds up to 10 gigabits per second are available via the company’s fiber optic network. NISHNANET also offers Information
Technology services via a Managed Services Platform for small to medium sized businesses.

“We are excited to extend our high speed network to cover rural Exira while improving connectivity for former METC wireless customers in both Cass and Audubon counties,” said Scott Bennett, NISHNANET President. “This transaction allows both of our companies to focus on what they do best and provide the connectivity for our communities to prosper and grow.” NISHNANET has been a part of the Atlantic business community since 2017 and donated over $10,000 in goods and services to local nonprofits and local economic development efforts in 2018. “We are proud to be part of this community and pleased to give back by supporting continued local business development.”

More information is available at www.metc.net/wireless-internet or by contacting NISHNANET at 712-243-2497 or stopping by their office at 2 East 6th Street in Atlantic.