Founded in November 1950, Dickey Rural Telephone was created to bring telephone service to rural southeastern North Dakota. Now, as Dickey Rural Networks, it offers state-of-the-art telecommunications, Internet, and television services through four companies--Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative (the parent company), Dickey Rural Communications, Dickey Rural Services and Dickey Rural Access. These four companies are marketed as Dickey Rural Networks (DRN).

DRN headquarters are located one mile north of Ellendale, ND at 9628 Highway 281. Headquarters’ office hours are Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

DRN has satellite offices throughout its territory at the following locations:

• 16 4th Ave W, Lisbon (Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 11a.m. & Noon – 4 p.m.)
• 103 6th St. S., Oakes (Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. & Noon – 4 p.m.)
• 218 1st St. SW, Ashley (Every Tuesday, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. & Noon – 4 p.m.)

DRN is working to add to the quality of life of our residential and business customers by offering advanced technologies and local customer service. Its goal is keep customers connected to an ever increasing global community. Besides providing local telephone service, other services offered through Dickey Rural Networks include: long distance service through North Dakota Long Distance; custom calling features; voice mail; small and large business telephone systems; special circuits; high speed and dial-up Internet service; personal Internet security services; wired and wireless network consulting; web design and web hosting; business system software design and television service.

Dickey Rural Telephone Cooperative serves 19 exchanges in seven North Dakota counties and two South Dakota counties. Its Board of Directors, elected to serve a three-year term and represent the different exchanges, governs DRTC.

Dickey Rural Communications, Inc. consists of 9 exchanges purchased from US West in 1996, while Dickey Rural Services, Inc. is the company, which provides dial-up and high speed Internet services, as well as web hosting, web design and television service.

The most recent acquisition to the company, Dickey Rural Access, Inc., was created to bring DRN's hometown service and technology to the businesses and residences of the Lisbon and Gwinner exchanges.