Established in 1950, Arvig has grown from a small, family-owned telephone company to
one of the largest independent telecommunications providers in the nation with over 700 employee-owners.
Arvig’s over 3,500 route miles of fiber in Minnesota stretches from northern Minnesota, through Minneapolis/St. Paul, to southern Minnesota, near the Iowa border. Arvig also has a construction division that builds all of their own fiber and can offer greater control of the customer’s experience, especially when a fiber build is required.
Arvig owns and operates 14 rural LEC territories in Minnesota, and sprinkles in CLEC territories in the remainder of the state with customers in 45 of Minnesota’s 87 counties.
- Arvig pays up front commissions the month following the sale, even if the service has not been installed. Residual commissions start the month following installation.
- $400 MRC telecom spend and up
- Large bandwidth (100Mb – 100Gb) – for Internet, or transport.
- Lit Services and Dark Fiber.
- Arvig provides traditional lit services, and also offers Dark Fiber.
- Companies with a majority of sites/needs within Minnesota.
- Largest Independent Carrier in MN with over 700 employees and 25 offices.
- All service and support provided by people who live and work in MN.
- Allows Channel Partners to sell in Arvig CLEC and LEC (ICB basis) territories, as well as sell and be paid a commission on construction-only sales. Example: A school district wants to buy/own/manage fiber between their 20 schools in the district. Channel Partner is a paid a commission on this one-time sale.
- Privately held, profitable carrier with 65 years of history, employee-owned and nimble
- Education – Arvig provides telecom services to over 150 schools in Minnesota, and our largest single customer in this vertical market has 70 schools connected together.
- Health Care – Arvig provides services to over 41 health care facilities in Minnesota.
- 3,500 route miles of fiber in Minnesota
- Own/operate 14 LEC territories in MN, and we provide services via copper, co-axial, and fiber in these areas. We also have the cable franchise agreements in these areas and some surrounding CLEC areas. We have approximately 30,000 cable TV customers.
- Arvig has a great deal of fiber in areas of MN where other carriers do not.
- We are easy to do business with, and flexible!
