Haviland Telephone Company

Haviland Telephone Company (Haviland Broadband): a buyer's guide

Haviland Telephone Company, doing business as Haviland Broadband since September 2019 at havilandbroadband.com, is a south-central Kansas telecom whose modern public story begins when Howard and Eva Ellis acquired the company in 1949. Headquarters remain in Haviland, Kansas, with an additional public office in Conway Springs. Treat the RSINC slug name and the Haviland Broadband consumer brand as the same operating company.

On RSINC the live stub already records roughly 34 cities / Kansas, with technology labels that most often read as Fixed Wireless + DSL, with additional Fixed Wireless-only and DSL-only chips depending on the address. Treat those city counts as directory relationships — Wellington, Kingman, Kinsley, Clearwater, and other listings — not a census of every farmstead between Kiowa and Sumner counties.

If you are shopping Haviland, Greensburg, Coldwater, Argonia, Conway Springs, Mullinville, Norwich, or nearby south-central Kansas exchanges for residential broadband, start with whether Haviland plant reaches your address today and whether the path is home fiber, remaining DSL, or fixed wireless. Soft next step: ZIP check on / or call RSINC at 1-877-697-2926.

History and identity

Haviland’s identity is Ellis-family-rooted south-central Kansas ILEC / broadband — not JBN Telephone or Giant Communications (sister Kansas LICT brands headquartered in Holton), even though public LICT materials discuss those companies together. Keep the brands distinct when search results mix “Haviland,” “Lynch/LICT,” and other Kansas telco names.

Public history pages recount Ellis-family operation from 1949, later ownership changes culminating in Lynch Corporation acquisition on September 26, 1994, multi-million-dollar buried-facility upgrades in 2004 that replaced key copper routes with fiber, GMAXX fixed wireless launches in Greensburg (2009) and Coldwater (2011), and the 70th-anniversary rebrand to Haviland Broadband in 2019 when fiber service was initiated in Greensburg. Subsequent public construction notes place FTTH projects through Haviland, Argonia, Conway Springs, Coldwater, Mullinville, Norwich, and Riverdale into the early 2020s. In 2024 Haviland Broadband publicly partnered on a Kiowa County LINC fiber plan (~$5M toward gigabit fiber for roughly 800 locations). LICT filings have also described Kansas LICT companies serving thousands of broadband customers with a growing FTTH share. Those milestones describe investment arcs — not a guarantee your specific street is already off DSL or fixed wireless.

Technology mix

RSINC’s Fixed Wireless + DSL labels reflect plant that still varies widely even as town fiber projects finish. Ask which technology reaches your drop today, what download/upload speeds are marketed for that path (including whether gigabit FTTH is available), whether you are in-territory ILEC plant or an out-of-territory fiber overbuild town, and what CPE and install fees appear after the first invoice.

Also ask whether remaining DSL communities (public materials have listed multiple towns still on DSL tiers) have a fiber calendar, how fixed wireless GMAXX compares with finished FTTH, and what the after-hours repair path looks like. A Greensburg or Haviland fiber address can differ sharply from a rural DSL or wireless edge that still shows copper-era labels on RSINC.

Coverage reality check

Thirty-four RSINC cities is a south-central Kansas cluster hint, not a guarantee that every road between Greensburg and Conway Springs is already on fiber. Confirm on havilandbroadband.com for your street, then cross-check other providers listed for your city on RSINC (cable, other regional fiber, fixed wireless, or satellite).

Also ask what happens after any introductory rate: equipment rental, installation fees, data policies, and whether construction assessments apply when a new lateral reaches your road. Emphasize the Haviland-vs-JBN / Giant distinction — related ownership stories do not mean the same plant map or support queue.

What to ask before you order

Before you order Haviland Broadband service, walk through:

• Does home fiber, remaining DSL, or fixed wireless reach my exact address today?
• What download and upload speeds are marketed for my plant (including gigabit FTTH eligibility), and is the rate promotional?
• Are there installation or equipment fees after the first invoice?
• How does local Kansas support compare with a national cable or satellite bill?
• Is voice bundled, and how does that change the bill?

Haviland’s value proposition is a 1949 Ellis-family Kansas telco rebranded for broadband with ongoing FTTH town builds — not a national cable brand and not JBN. Emphasize address-specific serviceability when you compare options in Haviland, Greensburg, Coldwater, or Conway Springs.

Need a second opinion on how the Kansas mix stacks? Start at / or call RSINC at 1-877-697-2926. Public facts only; confirm current terms in writing.

Regional networks often win on local accountability once the right plant is at your gate — but only if your road is in the finished footprint for the technology you want. Ask for the technology and pass status in writing on the serviceability quote, not just a county marketing label on RSINC.

If you are comparing Haviland Broadband against cable, another regional fiber ISP, fixed wireless, or satellite near Kiowa or Sumner County, put town fiber construction timing next to price. A slightly higher monthly rate with finished FTTH can matter more than a promotional billboard speed that never reaches your farm driveway.

How to compare and order

Use havilandbroadband.com for an address check, confirm whether your quote is home fiber, remaining DSL, or fixed wireless, then line the offer up against cable, other regional fiber, fixed wireless, or satellite alternatives in your ZIP. For help reading the local mix, call RSINC at 1-877-697-2926 or start on /.

Public facts only; pricing and packages change. Get current terms in writing before install day.