What Astound Business Solutions does

Astound Business Solutions, LLC is a Princeton, New Jersey–headquartered business connectivity and telecommunications provider operating a wholly-owned fiber network across 14 U.S. states and Washington D.C., including California, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Virginia. The company delivers internet, voice, video, and managed connectivity services to small, mid-market, and enterprise customers across Government, Retail, Manufacturing, Education, Finance, Media, Healthcare, and Technology verticals. Its product portfolio spans High Speed Internet, Business Class Internet, and Dedicated Internet Access; Business Lines, PRI/SIP Trunking, the Ascend UC unified communications platform, hosted voice, and Microsoft Teams Routing; Business TV; and Ethernet, Wavelength, and Dark Fiber connectivity, complemented by SD-WAN, Managed Wi-Fi, and Cloud/Data Center Access services integrated with AWS Direct Connect at speeds up to 10 Gigabits.

Astound's revenue model is subscription-based and recurring across all major product lines — internet, voice, hosted PBX, managed Wi-Fi, and cloud connectivity — with promotional bundle pricing tied to AutoPay and a Network Access and Maintenance Fee of up to $21.85/month. The company runs a multi-channel go-to-market combining inside phone sales (1.833.249.2786), enterprise field sales, online self-serve ordering, and a channel partner/reseller program. The customer base is fragmented across named logos including municipalities (City of Rocklin, City of Allen TX), manufacturing (GK Machine Inc.), education (Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago), SMB healthcare (All Pets Veterinary Hospital, Preventive Health Measures), retail (Idler's Home), and research institutions (Northwest Innovation Research Center). In 2025 the company received five consecutive PCMag Business Choice #1 rankings for Overall Satisfaction, Speed, Reliability, Ease of Use, and Likelihood to Recommend among Business Internet Service Providers. The company operates as a private LLC with no public listing, no disclosed funding rounds, and no parent company in the input.

Name

Astound Business Solutions

Legal name

Astound Business Solutions, LLC

Website

https://astoundbusiness.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Astound Business Solutions is a Princeton, NJ-based business connectivity provider operating a wholly-owned fiber network across 14 U.S. states, delivering internet, voice, hosted PBX, managed Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, and cloud connectivity services to SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers across eight verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Telecommunications Services

NAICS

All Other Telecommunications (51781), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (4813), Services-Telephone Interconnect Systems (7385), Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Business/Enterprise ISPs (Dedicated Internet Access) (HDAIADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business/Enterprise Fixed Connectivity Providers (SME/Enterprise Broadband) (HDAIABAI), VoIP Access & ITSP Services (HDAIAHAD), Wholesale Wavelength, Spectrum & Dark Fiber Providers (IRU/Leases) (HDAIALAI), Subsea Capacity Wholesale (IRUs, leased capacity, backhaul to landing stations) (HDAIAEAI), Fiber ISPs (FTTH/FTTP Retail Providers) (HDAIADAE)

Keywords

• Business internet services
• Fiber connectivity solutions
• Dedicated internet access
• Unified communications
• Managed network services

Headquarters

HQ city

Princeton, NJ

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Internet Services: High-speed business internet, dedicated internet access, and fiber connectivity services with monthly subscription pricing
2. Voice Services: Business lines, PRI/SIP trunking, hosted voice, and unified communications services
3. Video/TV Services: Business TV and channel lineup services
4. Cloud and Connectivity: Cloud services, data center access, Ethernet, wavelength, and dark fiber services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Astound Business Solutions delivers business-grade internet, voice, video, and fiber connectivity services across a wholly-owned fiber network spanning 14 U.S. states. The company provides high-speed business internet, dedicated internet access, business voice (PRI/SIP trunking and hosted voice), unified communications, business TV, Ethernet, wavelength, dark fiber, cloud connectivity, SD-WAN, and managed Wi-Fi solutions to organizations of all sizes.

Product overview

Astound Business Solutions provides a comprehensive telecommunications and network infrastructure portfolio organized into interconnected service categories. The core offerings include Internet connectivity (High Speed Internet, Business Class Internet, Dedicated Internet Access), Voice services (Business Lines, PRI/SIP Trunking, Ascend UC Unified Communications, Astound Hosted Voice, Microsoft Teams Routing), TV/Video solutions (Business TV, Channel Lineups), and Connectivity infrastructure (Ethernet, Wavelength, Dark Fiber). Cloud services and Data Center Access extend capabilities to hybrid cloud environments, while Custom Solutions including SD-WAN, Business Wi-Fi, Custom Wi-Fi, and Video Transport provide specialized networking and wireless solutions. The portfolio integrates with AWS Direct Connect for cloud connectivity and Microsoft Teams for voice integration, creating a unified business communications and connectivity platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Astound Wi-Fi Pro: Business Wi-Fi solution offering secure and reliable wireless connectivity for businesses
• Astound Hosted Voice
• Ascend UC

Products and services

• High Speed Business Internet

Quantifiable outcome

• PCMag Business Choice Award - #1 in Overall Satisfaction, Speed, Reliability, Ease of Use, Likelihood to Recommend

Named customers8 records

Segments8 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAstound Business network provides private connectivity to AWS Direct Connect locations, enabling businesses to link to AWS Direct Connect locations using Astound's reliable, high-performance fiber network with speeds up to 10 Gigabits. This integration provides enhanced security, better resiliency, lower cost of ownership, and increased performance by bypassing the public Internet.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Comcast Business: Comcast Business offers fiber-based internet, voice, video, and managed services to SMB and enterprise customers across a national footprint, directly overlapping with Astound's core Dedicated Internet Access, Hosted Voice, and SD-WAN portfolio.
• Zayo Group: Zayo operates an owned fiber network providing wavelengths, dark fiber, Ethernet, and cloud connectivity to enterprises and carriers — closely analogous to Astound's wholesale and enterprise fiber infrastructure services.
• Cox Business: Cox Business provides fiber-based internet, voice, video, and managed networking services with a strong vertical focus (healthcare, government, hospitality), directly comparable to Astound's verticalized B2B go-to-market and product stack.
• Crown Castle Fiber / Crown Castle Inc. Crown Castle's fiber business provides dark fiber, wavelengths, and Ethernet services across major U.S. metros, overlapping with Astound's wholesale connectivity offerings and serving similar enterprise and carrier customers.
• Spectrum Business (Charter Communications): Spectrum Business delivers broadband, voice, TV, and fiber connectivity to SMB and enterprise clients, competing head-to-head with Astound in overlapping markets and offering a comparable product mix across internet, voice, and managed services.
• Lumen Technologies (Lumen Enterprise): Lumen offers enterprise fiber, wavelengths, dark fiber, Ethernet, and managed services across a national U.S. footprint — directly comparable to Astound's connectivity, wavelength, and dark fiber offerings.
• Windstream Enterprise (Kinetic): Windstream Enterprise offers fiber connectivity, Ethernet, wavelengths, UCaaS (OfficeSuite UCaaS), and managed SD-WAN to mid-market and enterprise customers — a closely comparable mix to Astound's product portfolio.

Regional players

• Metronet: Metronet is a regional fiber overbuilder offering fiber-to-the-business internet, voice, and video across Midwest and Southern U.S. markets — comparable product set to Astound but with limited geographic overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Verizon Business: Verizon Business is a broad incumbent offering nationwide fiber, wireless, voice, UCaaS, and managed services — overlapping with Astound's portfolio but with a much larger scale and broader national reach.
• AT&T Business: AT&T Business delivers fiber internet, dedicated connectivity, voice, UCaaS, and SD-WAN nationally — a broad incumbent with portfolio overlap to Astound and superior enterprise reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AstoundBusiness
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/astoundbusiness

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&A

Investments

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

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