Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Web hosting service, Internet Service Provider |
Founded | Fond du Lac, WI, 1998[1] |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Key people | Karl Zimmerman |
Products | Web services |
Website | www.Steadfast.net |
Steadfast Networks is a Chicago, Illinois-based Internet Service Provider primarily focused on Cloud Computing, Dedicated Servers and Colocation. It is a division of Nozone, Inc., a company founded in 1998 by then high-school student Karl Zimmerman[2] in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and incorporated in 2000.[1] In 2008 it was named number 370 on the Inc 500 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America List[3] and was on the Inc 5000 List of the Largest Companies in America in both 2009[4] and 2010.[5]
Steadfast currently has datacenter facilities in 3 locations: Two in downtown Chicago[6] and one in Edison, New Jersey.[7]
Steadfast has a private network with peering points throughout the United States along with London and Amsterdam.[8]
In November 2007 the Chicago Tribune published an article on the hosting of hate sites in America, where they are protected by the First Amendment. The Anti-Defamation League noted that Steadfast hosted 17 such sites.[9] Steadfast responded on the official company blog to clarify that they are strong supporters of the First Amendment, but against hate speech.[10]