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BARBECK Communications was founded in 1998 by Matthew Beck. Currently the company has 25 dedicated and talented staff serving our wide variety of customers in central, NE and NW Illinois. BARBECK specializes as a Motorola Solutions Provider and authorized Service partner, and is an ESI provider of business phone systems and Session Initiation Protocol (S.I.P.) for small and large business users.

BARBECK has been an industry leader in central and Northern Illinois representing Motorola Solutions and other leading area Wireless vendors. We serve our clients in Northern Illinois through our subsidiary - Dixon Ottawa Communications. Please visit DixonOttawa.com for more information.

BARBECK is very active in all the local communities that house our offices and will continue this mission throughout our market area. Contact BARBECK for all of your communications needs today!

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