What Seanet does

Seanet is a privately held Seattle-based Internet Service Provider founded in 1994 that delivers connectivity, hosting, and voice services to residential and small/medium business customers in Western Washington. The company's product portfolio spans dial-up internet access (with POPs across 8+ Western Washington cities and nationwide access numbers), web hosting on both BSDI UNIX/Apache (PHP 4, MySQL, Perl CGI) and Windows 2000 Advanced Server/IIS stacks, dedicated T1 lines, metered Ethernet, and the TrueRing VoIP phone service offering unlimited US/Canada calling with 14+ features. Pricing starts at $7.95/mo for TrueRing and $15/mo for web hosting, with annual domain registration via VeriSign and a $25 setup fee model.

The business operates on subscription-based recurring revenue across dial-up, web hosting, TrueRing, and domain registration streams, with go-to-market executed primarily via direct phone sales (1-800-973-2638 / 206-343-7828) and online self-service ordering. Customer segments are horizontal — individual households and SMBs seeking reliable local connectivity, professional web hosting on monitored servers connected to the Internet backbone, and basic home/business phone service. Distribution is single-country (USA), with marketing reliance on direct sales, customer referrals, and local Seattle-market presence rather than paid acquisition.

Seanet is a Washington corporation (Seanet Corp.) with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or external funding, and operates within a broader family of sister-company services — IsoFusion, Colocation Northwest, Connect NorthWest, One Server Hosting, TrueRing, and GigabitNow — that together offer colocation, dedicated servers, multi-gigabit fiber, and VoIP. Management disclosure is limited; Stephen Milton is named as the DMCA designated agent. The technology stack (BSDI UNIX, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, PHP 4, Plesk control panel, server-side rule-based spam/virus filtering) reflects a legacy infrastructure footprint in operation since the mid-1990s.

Name

Seanet

Legal name

Seanet Corp.

Website

https://seanet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Seanet is a privately held Seattle-based ISP founded in 1994 offering dial-up internet, web hosting (Unix/Windows), VoIP phone (TrueRing), T1, and metered Ethernet to residential and small business customers in Western Washington.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Internet Service Provider

NAICS

Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (51711), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Rural & Regional ISPs (HDAIADAI)

Keywords

• Internet service provider
• Web hosting services
• Voip phone service
• Dial-up internet
• Domain name registration

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Internet Connectivity Services: Dial-up internet access and T1/Metered Ethernet connections providing recurring monthly revenue from residential and business customers. Dial-up includes local access numbers across Western Washington.
2. Web Hosting Services: Unix and Windows web hosting plans with various disk space and feature tiers. Includes domain registration services.
3. TrueRing Phone Service: VoIP home phone service with unlimited calling plans to US and Canada, providing recurring monthly revenue.
4. Domain Name Registration: Domain registration services with $25 setup fee and annual fees to VeriSign. Also offers DNS hosting services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Seanet Corporation is a Seattle-based Internet Service Provider established in 1994 that sells dial-up internet access, T1 and Metered Ethernet dedicated connectivity, TrueRing VoIP home phone service, Unix and Windows web hosting, and domain name registration to individuals and businesses primarily in Western Washington. Service is delivered as a multi-product regional ISP bundle combining connectivity, voice, hosting, and domain services with 24/7 monitoring and no busy-signal customer access.

Product overview

Seanet is a local Internet Service Provider (ISP) established in 1994, offering a portfolio of connectivity and hosting services. The core offerings include TrueRing Phone Service (VoIP-style home phone with unlimited US/Canada calling), Web Hosting (available in Unix/Windows variants with PHP/Perl and IIS support respectively), Dial-Up internet access, T1 dedicated lines, and Metered Ethernet. Web Hosting includes add-on Secure Site Services for SSL/TLS. Seanet provides hosting on both BSDI UNIX/Apache and Windows 2000/IIS platforms, supporting technologies like PHP, MySQL, CGI scripts, and Microsoft technologies. The company also offers web-based email (Webmail), personal web space with CGI capabilities, and domain registration services through OpenSRS/Network Solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TrueRing: Home phone service offering VoIP features including unlimited long distance to US and Canada, three-way calling, voicemail to email
• Seanet Web Hosting
• Seanet Dial-Up

Products and services

• TrueRing Phone Service
• Dial-Up Internet Access
• T1 Dedicated Internet
• Metered Ethernet
• Web Hosting (Unix and Windows)
• Domain Name Registration

Quantifiable outcome

• No busy signals policy - focus on providing connectivity when customers want to be online without overselling
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• IsoFusionminorOthersPart of the Seanet family of services; IsoFusion appears to be a sister company under the same corporate umbrella offering related telecommunications services
• Colocation NorthwestminorOthersPart of the Seanet family of services offering colocation across the Northwest with data centers in Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue, and Tacoma
• Connect NorthWestminorOthersPart of the Seanet family of services offering residential and business internet connectivity solutions with private, multi-gigabit fiber options
• One Server HostingminorOthersPart of the Seanet family of services offering business-class dedicated server and cloud hosting services including Dell dedicated servers and Parallels VPS
• TrueRingminorOthersPart of the Seanet family of services; TrueRing offers Business Class VoIP and SIP Services with toll-free numbers, fax to email, and call routing
• GigabitNowminorOthersPart of the Seanet family of services offering gigabit internet connections for office and residential buildings with fiber-based connectivity

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• T-Mobile Home Internet: Fixed-wireless home internet service competing for the same residential broadband customers in Western Washington that Seanet targets with dial-up and connectivity services.
• NetZero: Long-running dial-up and broadband ISP brand serving U.S. consumers, a near-direct analog to Seanet Dial-Up given the shared legacy technology focus and low-cost consumer positioning.

Broad incumbents

• GoDaddy: Mass-market web hosting and domain registration provider that competes head-on with Seanet Web Hosting and domain registration services for the same small-business customer base.
• HostGator: Mass-market shared web hosting provider offering Linux/Windows hosting plans, email, and domain registration to small businesses - directly overlapping Seanet's web hosting product positioning and pricing tier.
• Comcast Xfinity: Dominant residential broadband, phone, and bundled services provider in the Seattle metro area, representing the primary large-scale competitor to Seanet's consumer and SMB connectivity offerings.
• CenturyLink / Lumen Technologies: Large national incumbent carrier offering fiber, T1/Ethernet, managed hosting, and VoIP across the U.S., including Western Washington markets where Seanet competes for SMB connectivity customers.

Direct peers

• EarthLink: Long-standing U.S. internet service provider (founded 1994) selling dial-up, fiber, and business connectivity nationwide - a comparable legacy ISP with similar multi-decade history and SMB focus.
• Vonage: Consumer and SMB VoIP phone service with unlimited calling plans - directly comparable feature-for-feature to TrueRing's home phone offering and the broader business SIP/VoIP market.
• Astound Broadband (formerly Wave): Regional cable/broadband provider serving the Pacific Northwest including Western Washington, offering residential internet, phone, and business connectivity that directly overlap Seanet's footprint and product set.

Regional players

• HughesNet: Satellite-based internet service targeting rural and underserved U.S. geographies - relevant peer for Seanet's regional connectivity positioning although delivered via different last-mile technology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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