Execulink Telecom Incorporated, Thedford, ON

Our proven technology is combined with superior service and support teams for unparalleled results. By continuing our leadership in customer service and superior technical support, our intention is to provide quality products and services for another 100 years and beyond. Execulink Telecom’s first telephone line was constructed in 1904 in Burgessville when Dr. Service connected his doctor’s office to the general store two miles away. Through the efforts of a small group of local residents, the Burgessville Telephone Company was created. These citizens worked together donating lumber for poles, digging post-holes, and stringing wire. Once the original circuit was created, any farmers interested in adding their own telephone to the line needed to build a personal spur line and connect it to the main circuit. The first switchboard was installed in the Burgess home in Burgessville in 1905. In 1923 the Township Council agreed to the establishment of a municipally owned telephone company, and the Burgessville Telephone Company became the North Norwich Municipal Telephone System. Meanwhile in Thedford, a local telephone company was established in 1908 servicing an area that included Thedford, Arkona, Bosanquet, Warwich, McGillivary, West Williams and Adelaid Townships. This company was called the Thedford, Arkona, and East Lambton Telephone Company.