Nex-Tech lands in America 250 documentary on rural broadband

Nex-Tech is featured in the America 250 documentary series set to launch around the July 4 weekend, spotlighting the company’s fiber broadband expansion and broader technology services in rural Kansas and beyond. The segment highlights how rural infrastructure investment is shaping access, business growth, and long-term community connectivity.

Why it matters: - Nex-Tech’s inclusion puts a rural broadband provider in a national documentary tied to America’s 250th anniversary narrative. - The feature underscores how fiber infrastructure can affect access, economic opportunity, and service reliability in rural communities. - Nex-Tech’s profile also shows how broadband companies are expanding into enterprise technology, not just residential internet.

What happened: - Nex-Tech was featured in the America 250 documentary series focused on innovation and advancement in the United States over the last 250 years. - The documentary is set to launch around the July 4 weekend. - The segment highlights Nex-Tech’s fiber broadband deployment and its broader technology business. - Nex-Tech leaders Jimmy Todd, CEO and general manager, Dustin Schlaefli, vice president of customer experience, and Steve Riat, vice president of sales, appear in the film.

The details: - Nex-Tech says its growth now includes nationwide carrier services, network operations monitoring, creative agency solutions, advanced technology services, and emerging robotics work. - The company provides enterprise technology services nationwide, including cloud solutions, cybersecurity, managed IT, and unified communications. - Nex-Tech operates a 24-hour Network Operations Center that delivers carrier and network monitoring services for partners across the country. - The company also runs a full-service creative agency that supports broadband providers and businesses with marketing strategy, digital campaigns, and customer engagement. - Nex-Tech is exploring robotics and automation as part of its long-term innovation strategy. - The company says its fiber-to-the-premise network delivers internet speeds up to 1 Gig, plus streaming TV, home security, and local and long-distance phone service. - Nex-Tech says it also offers Hosted PBX, network security, physical security and surveillance, advertising solutions, and network operations monitoring to business clients nationwide. - Nex-Tech has stores in more than 20 locations, a full-service Help Desk, and a 24-hour Network Operations Center. - The company is headquartered in Lenora, Kansas, and says it has served customers for 75 years. - The documentary emphasizes fiber broadband’s role in closing access gaps in rural areas where reliable service has historically been limited.

Between the lines: - The documentary placement functions as both a public-relations win and a validation of broadband infrastructure as a development story, not just a telecom story. - Nex-Tech is framing fiber investment as a long-term rural strategy, not a short-term network upgrade. - The company’s mix of broadband, enterprise IT, marketing, and monitoring services suggests a business model built to diversify beyond local connectivity. - Jimmy Todd said rural communities deserve the same opportunities as anywhere else and that fiber investment is an investment in the future. - Todd also said the company is building a network meant to support communities for decades.

What's next: - The America 250 series will launch around the July 4 weekend. - Nex-Tech’s role in the series may help reinforce its position as a rural infrastructure provider with national reach. - The company appears to be continuing its push into emerging technologies, including robotics and automation.

The bottom line: - Nex-Tech is using a national documentary platform to spotlight a familiar rural broadband message: fiber is infrastructure, and infrastructure shapes what communities can do next. - Watch the campaign live here.