Nationwide Computer Systems

What Nationwide Computer Systems does

Nationwide Computer Systems, Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned U.S. IT services firm established in 1986 and headquartered in Sunrise, Florida. The company operates three core service lines: (1) Consultation, providing technical advisory across network design and planning, application services, custom billing platforms, and network security for businesses of all sizes; (2) Asset Brokerage, conducted principally through its IPTrading.com subsidiary, which brokers transfers of IT assets including specialized hardware, domain names, and IPv4 address blocks, with over 600 IPv4 transfers completed across 65 countries; and (3) Service Provider, delivering traditional ISP services such as dialup, fixed-line internet, web, email, and application services, with an emphasis on niche access in rural areas and developing countries. Internationally, the firm has designed and deployed communications infrastructure (satellite, telephone, VoIP, wireless) in Laos, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and St. Maarten Island.

The firm is led by founder and President Mike Burns (MIT Sloan School of Management, 1985) and co-founder and Vice President Tom Fantacone (MIT Physics and Mathematics, 1984; Stanford Masters in Physics, 1985). Its core technology is a custom ISP billing and provisioning management system developed in the 1990s that historically enabled the acquisition of other ISPs in the southeastern United States. Revenue is generated through three mechanics: recurring ISP subscriptions, transaction fees on asset brokerage deals (especially IPv4 transfers), and professional services fees for consulting engagements. The company maintains a small Florida footprint (Sunrise headquarters and a Davie mailing address), has divested its Camplink.net wireless division in 2022, and shows no external institutional investors, public filings, or disclosed financial metrics.

Name

Nationwide Computer Systems

Legal name

Nationwide Computer Systems, Inc.

Website

https://nationwideinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nationwide Computer Systems, Inc. is a privately held Florida-based IT firm founded in 1986 that provides network consulting, ISP services for niche and rural markets, and IT asset brokerage (including IPv4 transfers) through its IPTrading.com subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting and Managed Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Internet & Value-Added ISP Services (Managed Router/Wi-Fi, Security, Filtering) (HDAIADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

IT Service Management (ITSM) Platforms (HDAEALAA)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• IPv4 address brokerage
• Managed ISP services
• Network design consulting
• IT asset brokerage

Headquarters

HQ city

Sunrise

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Internet Service Provider (ISP) Services: Traditional ISP services including dialup, fixed-line Internet access, web, email and application services. Emphasis on niche-based access in challenging environments such as rural connectivity and wireless connectivity in developing countries.
2. IT Asset Brokerage: Brokerage services for IT assets including specialized hardware, domain names, and IPv4 address blocks. The IPTrading.com group has brokered over 600 transfers of IPv4 address blocks in 65 countries.
3. IT Consultation Services: Technical consulting services covering network design and planning, application services, custom billing platforms, and network security for businesses of all sizes.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Nationwide Computer Systems provides three core IT service lines: (1) Consultation Services advising businesses on network design, application services, custom billing platforms, and network security; (2) Asset Brokerage, including IPv4 address block transfers through IPTrading.com (600+ transactions across 65 countries), as well as trading of specialized hardware and domain names; and (3) Service Provider (ISP) services offering dialup, fixed-line internet, web, email, and application access with a focus on niche and challenging connectivity environments such as rural areas and developing countries.

Product overview

Nationwide Computer Systems offers a portfolio of IT services organized into three core divisions: Consultation Services for technical advisory spanning network design, application services, custom billing platforms, and network security; Asset Brokerage for acquiring and divesting IT assets including hardware, domains, and IPv4 addresses; and Service Provider (ISP) services providing internet access and hosting. The IPTrading.com sub-brand specializes in IPv4 address block transfers across 65 countries. A former division, Camplink.net, was divested in 2022.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• IPTrading.com: IPv4 address block brokerage group that has brokered over 600 transfers in 65 countries and is active in policy development in all regional internet registries.

Products and services

• Consultation Services Technical consulting services covering network design and planning, application services, custom billing platforms, and network security for businesses of all sizes.
• Asset Brokerage Brokerage service for acquiring and divesting IT assets including specialized hardware, domain names, and IPv4 address blocks, facilitating timely transactions with appropriate trading partners.
• IPTrading.com IPv4 Brokerage IPv4 address block brokerage division that has facilitated over 600 transfers across 65 countries, helping organizations acquire scarce IP addresses while assisting others in monetization, also active in policy development at regional registries.
• Service Provider (ISP Services) Traditional ISP services since the 1990s including dialup and fixed-line internet access, web, email, and application services, with emphasis on niche-based access in challenging environments such as rural connectivity and wireless connectivity in developing countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 600+ IPv4 address block transfers brokered in 65 countries
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IPTrading.comcoreOthers · 1 January 2018IPTrading.com is an internal division of Nationwide Computer Systems that has brokered over 600 IPv4 address block transfers in 65 countries. The group is also active in policy development in all regional registries, promoting and writing policies that help clients transfer IPv4 addresses more easily.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IPv4.Global: Specialized IPv4 address marketplace and transfer broker. Direct peer to Nationwide's IPTrading.com division, competing for the same scarce-asset brokerage deals and registry-policy relationships.
• Rise Broadband: US fixed wireless broadband ISP serving rural and underserved communities. Closely aligned business model to Nationwide's rural and niche-connectivity ISP positioning, including RV-park and small-town markets.
• Hilco Streambank: IT and intellectual-property asset disposition firm with a telecommunications and IPv4 practice. Comparable to Nationwide's Asset Brokerage and IPTrading.com divisions in brokering IT and IP-related assets between buyers and sellers.
• NextLink Internet: Rural-focused fixed wireless and fiber ISP leveraging government broadband funding. Comparable niche ISP model targeting under-served US geographies, similar in customer profile and technology mix to Nationwide's ISP operations.
• Hughes Network Systems: Satellite and managed-network provider focused on rural, remote, and enterprise connectivity. Comparable to Nationwide's niche ISP division in deploying connectivity in rural US and developing-country environments where terrestrial infrastructure is limited.

Broad incumbents

• Lumen Technologies: Large-scale managed network and internet services provider with significant enterprise and government footprint. Broad incumbent competing with Nationwide in managed connectivity, network design, and IT consulting markets.
• Viasat: Large satellite broadband provider serving residential, enterprise, and government customers in rural and remote markets. Overlaps with Nationwide's niche connectivity focus but at global scale and across a much broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Tarana Wireless: Fixed wireless broadband platform vendor enabling rural and suburban ISPs. Relevant ecosystem peer serving the same niche ISP customer segment that Nationwide's Service Provider division addresses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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