PFN was formed by Baraga Telephone Company and Hiawatha Communications, Inc. in 2006. The two companies realized a need for high speed optical transport throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. PFN now provides transmission services through the entire Upper Peninsula, Northern Lower Peninsula, Northern WI and into Eastern MN. PFN's parent companies have in excess of 190 combined years of operational experience in bringing transmission services to the rural telecommunications marketplace.* Our network consists of the most current state transmission systems designed for high capacity, reliable, carrier-grade transmission service* Operates in excess of 2600 route miles of fiber * Our network backbone is fully redundant and ring protected.* We provide Optical Transmission, Tandem Transport and Switching, Ethernet Transport, TDM Transport, high volume "Core Internet" access, Wireless Backhaul* Michigan's only NextGen 911, EsiNet provider* Member of the Indatel consortium