Double Dog Communications

What Double Dog Communications does

Double Dog Communications is a privately held, locally owned Internet Service Provider and full-service marketing company headquartered at 2615 Joppa Road in York, Pennsylvania. Founded in October 1997 as York Internet Services, Inc. (Y.I.S.I.) and later rebranded to its current name, the company employs 11-50 people and serves residential and small business customers across York County, PA and border communities in Maryland (Dover, New Park, Fawn Grove, Felton, Airville, Brogue, Windsor, Chanceford, and Pylesville, Street). Its core service is fixed broadband wireless internet delivered via radio-frequency line-of-sight links between customer premises antennas and the company's network towers, supplemented by web design and development, graphic design, web and email hosting (including Office 365 reselling), domain registration, SSL certificates, email marketing, SEO, network cabling, and PC repair services. The company also integrates third-party tools including Google Analytics, UPS/USPS shipping APIs, and credit card processing for the e-commerce sites it builds for clients.

The business operates a hybrid revenue model. The internet subscription is the only standardized, publicly disclosed product, priced at $59.95 per month with a $129.95 installation fee, no contract requirement, and no early termination fee; this is a transparent monthly recurring revenue stream. All other services, including web design, graphic design, network cabling, and PC repair, are quote-based professional services engagements, producing lumpy project revenue tied to local SMB demand. Multiple email-hosting domains (DoubleDogWireless.com, DDogCom.net, YorkInternet.net, MTWirefree, Superpa.net) reflect historical acquisitions (MT Wirefree and SuperPA.net, both in 2008) that have been folded into the platform. The customer mix is almost entirely local, with named accounts spanning pet care, restaurants, legal, healthcare, automotive, agriculture, government utilities, and nonprofits.

Go-to-market is sales-led and geographically constrained: acquisition comes through website request forms, direct phone outreach, word-of-mouth referrals, and an online portfolio. There are no public funding events, no patents, no AI/ML capabilities, and no external investors, indicating a mature, founder/closely-held owner-operated business. The competitive position rests on being one of the few remaining locally owned ISPs in the York County area combined with a full-service web/marketing bundle, but the model is structurally vulnerable to fiber and satellite broadband competition encroaching on its rural fixed-wireless footprint.

Name

Double Dog Communications

Legal name

Double Dog Communications, Inc.

Website

https://doubledogcommunications.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Double Dog Communications is a privately held ISP and full-service marketing company in York, Pennsylvania, offering fixed broadband wireless internet, web design, graphic design, hosting, and tech support to residential and SMB customers across York County, PA and border Maryland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wireless Internet Services

NAICS

Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (51711)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Wireless ISPs (WISPs) & Fixed Wireless Access Providers (HDAIADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Broadband Providers (HDAIABAE)

Keywords

• Fixed wireless internet
• Website design services
• Graphic design services
• Network cabling installation
• PC repair services

Headquarters

HQ city

York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Internet Service Provider (ISP): Fixed broadband wireless internet service subscription for residential and business customers. Monthly recurring revenue from internet access service.
2. Website Design and Development: Custom website design, development, mobile-friendly responsive design, content management system implementation, and secure online store development services.
3. Web and Email Hosting: Website hosting, basic email hosting, and Office 365 email hosting services.
4. Domain Registration and SSL Certificates: Domain name registration and SSL certificate services for business customers.
5. Graphic Design Services: Logo design, newsletters, postcards, sell sheets, print ads, posters, brochures, catalogs, powerpoint presentations, indoor and outdoor signs, promotional materials.
6. PC Repair and Support: Computer repair services including hardware diagnostics, software troubleshooting, virus removal, and hardware upgrades for homeowners and small businesses.
7. Network Cabling Services: Professional network cabling installation including Cat5, patch panel installation, data rack setup, network drops, server room wiring, cable testing, and infrastructure upgrades.
8. Email Marketing Services: Email list creation and management services allowing businesses to send newsletters, specials and promotions to customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Double Dog Communications delivers fixed broadband wireless internet service to residential and business customers in York County, PA and surrounding areas using line-of-sight radio frequency transmission from network towers. The company also offers professional web design, graphic design, hosting, email, network cabling, and PC repair services for small business customers.

Product overview

Double Dog Communications operates as a locally owned Internet Service Provider and full-service marketing company based in York, Pennsylvania. The company offers a portfolio of products organized around two core service lines: Fixed Broadband Wireless Internet (delivering residential and business connectivity via radio frequencies requiring line-of-sight to towers) and Web/Marketing Services (encompassing website design and development, graphic design, email hosting, domain registration, SSL certificates, email marketing, web hosting, SEO, and website analytics). The company also provides tech support services including network cabling installation and PC repair and support. All services are offered as individual offerings that can be bundled based on customer needs, with internet service serving as the primary recurring revenue product and web/marketing services functioning as complementary offerings for business customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fixed Broadband Wireless Internet Residential and business fixed wireless internet service that transmits data via radio frequencies between Double Dog Communications network towers and an exterior antenna mounted at the customer location, requiring line-of-sight to coverage areas in York County, PA and surrounding regions including Dover, New Park, Fawn Grove, Felton, Airville, Brogue, Windsor, Chanceford, and Maryland border communities such as Pylesville and Street.
• Website Design and Development
• Graphic Design Services Marketing and graphic design services including logo design, newsletters, postcards, sell sheets, print ads, posters, brochures, catalogs, PowerPoint presentations, indoor and outdoor signs, and promotional items such as magnets, mugs, stickers, and tee shirt design and print.
• Network Cabling Services Professional network cabling services including Cat5 installation, patch panel installation and termination, data rack setup, network drops for offices and commercial buildings, server room wiring and cleanup, cable testing, and network infrastructure upgrades.
• PC Repair and Support Professional computer repair services for homeowners and small businesses including hardware and software diagnostics, virus and malware removal, hardware replacement and upgrades (SSD, NVMe, RAM, power supply, graphics card), and network troubleshooting.
• Web and Email Hosting Website hosting and email hosting services for businesses, providing server space and infrastructure for website deployment and maintenance, with email hosting including basic and Office 365 options protected with anti-virus and anti-spam filtering.
• Email Marketing Services Email marketing services allowing businesses to collect customer emails and send newsletters, promotions, and announcements to interested visitors and current customers.

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Resound Networks: Fixed wireless ISP covering rural Texas/Oklahoma markets with analogous technology stack and underserved-customer focus.
• Rise Broadband: Largest US-based fixed wireless ISP serving rural and suburban markets across multiple states with similar line-of-sight technology. Closest pure business-model analog at scale.
• NextLink Internet: Regional fixed wireless ISP serving rural/semi-rural communities with tower-based broadband, directly overlapping Double Dog's go-to-market motion and customer profile.
• Wisper Internet: Fixed wireless ISP serving rural Missouri/Illinois with similar line-of-sight model and community-anchored value proposition, making it a strong operational peer.
• Cal.Net: California-based fixed wireless ISP serving rural customers in geographic pockets, mirroring Double Dog's rural-broadband strategy and proprietary tower-network delivery model.

Emerging players

• Starry Internet Holdings: Wireless broadband startup using point-to-multipoint fixed wireless to deliver gigabit service in urban/secondary markets—an adjacent technology/positioning comparison despite prior financial turbulence.

Regional players

• Blue Ridge Communications: Pennsylvania-headquartered cable/broadband operator serving central PA counties, a geographically co-located broadband competitor with similar community-focused positioning.
• Armstrong: Pennsylvania-based communications provider delivering broadband and cable services across central PA—including areas near York County—offering a direct regional competitive overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Comcast Xfinity: Largest US cable broadband incumbent operating across York County with much wider scale and bundled offerings; the primary mass-market broadband competitor to Double Dog's footprint.
• Verizon Fios: National incumbent broadband provider serving parts of PA with fiber; competes with Double Dog where overlap exists and anchors the speed/price expectation curve.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/doubledogcom
• Facebookfacebook.com/double-dog-communications-inc-1108425692518392
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/double-dog-communications-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A2 records

Investments

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

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