(KNZA)--Rainbow Communications is informing customers of a planned phone and internet service outage.

The company says they will be performing a network upgrade from 11:59 Wednesday night ( April 4th) and into the early morning hours of Thursday, April 5th.

During that time, Rainbow’s phone and internet services may be down for two to six hours.

The scheduled upgrade will affect the Rainbow service areas of Elwood, Fairview, Hiawatha, Highland, Horton, Sabetha, Seneca, Troy, and Wathena.  Businesses on Rainbow fiber should be unaffected.

Those with questions or concerns about their Rainbow service, are asked to  call 1-800-892-0163.