Hoosier Net, Llc

What Hoosier Net, Llc does

Hoosier Net, LLC (operating under the brand Independents Fiber Network) is a wholesale and enterprise fiber-optic carrier established in 2003 and headquartered in Ohio, structured as a wholly owned subsidiary of Com Net, Inc. (CNI), itself a cooperative formed in 1993 by Ohio independent telephone companies. The company sells Dedicated Internet Access (5 Mbps to Nx100 Gbps), DWDM wavelength services (up to 96 wavelengths per fiber at 10/100 Gbps each), Ethernet/MPLS WAN Transport, managed colocation and dark-fiber lit services, cloud connectivity via a Megaport partnership (250+ providers), and IPPBX voice services over its owned, facility-based fiber-ring network spanning 5,000+ route miles and 40+ carrier-class Points-of-Presence across 31 Ohio counties, 3 Southeast Michigan counties, and 6 eastern Indiana counties. The network is operated and monitored 24/7/365 by a NOC in Wapakoneta, Ohio that has been staffed since 1997, with a service-level commitment of 4-hour or better MTTR, embedded DDoS mitigation via Corero SmartWall, and an elected-protected backbone upgraded to 100Gbps to Chicago and Cologix/Equinix data centers.

The company monetizes through multi-year subscription contracts (month-to-month through 120-month DIA terms and up to 240-month DWDM capital leases) priced by quote based on bandwidth, term length, and redundancy, with payment options including monthly, annual, and term-prepay. Go-to-market is sales-led via a direct sales team (317-449-7154; [email protected]) complemented by a wholesale channel through 18 owner-member ISP/ILEC companies that resell services into local markets across Indiana and Ohio, supported by content marketing, case studies, and social presence on LinkedIn and Facebook. The customer base is split across government and education (including E-rate programs), healthcare, enterprises (manufacturing, professional services, distribution), telecom carriers, and ISPs/WSPs; named customers include the City of Fairborn, Henny Penny, OE Exchange, and Shultz Huber & Associates. There is no publicly disclosed pricing or revenue, no app, no public API, and no consumer-facing product, consistent with a B2B/wholesale operating model.

Name

Hoosier Net, Llc

Legal name

Hoosier Net, LLC

Website

https://hoosiernet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hoosier Net, LLC (Independents Fiber Network) is a wholesale and enterprise fiber-optic carrier, subsidiary of Com Net, Inc., operating 5,000+ route miles of owned fiber and 40+ PoPs across Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan to deliver DIA, DWDM, WAN transport, managed infrastructure, cloud connectivity, and voice services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Fiber-Optic Telecommunications Services

NAICS

Wired Telecommunications Carriers (517111), Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite) (5171)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

Neutral-Host Fiber & Shared Access Network Operators (HDAIACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Carrier Ethernet & Aggregation Transport (Metro/Access) (HDAFADAE)

Keywords

• Fiber-optic network services
• Dedicated internet access
• Wholesale telecom services
• Managed dark fiber infrastructure
• Carrier wavelength transport

Headquarters

HQ city

Craigville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dedicated Internet Access (DIA): Scalable dedicated internet access services with bandwidth from 5 Mbps to Nx100 Gbps. Offers term commitment options from month-to-month to 120-months with payment options including monthly, annual recurring, and term prepay. Provides IPv4/IPv6 IP space and DNS maintenance services.
2. WAN Transport Services: Wide-area network transport services providing Ethernet Transport Services and/or MPLS Services over facility-based fiber rings. Bandwidth scalable from 5 Mbps to Nx100 Gbps. Enables connection of business locations throughout region, country, and world.
3. Facilities & Infrastructure Services: Managed fiber services providing 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps or 100 Gbps switch and optics to light dark fiber. Colocation services at carrier-class PoPs with standby generators and diverse fiber entrance facilities.
4. DWDM Wavelength Services: Private, point-to-point, fully managed optical wavelength service with long-haul and metro connectivity options. Term commitment from month-to-month to 240-month Nx10G or Nx100G capital lease options.
5. IPPBX Voice Services: Voice services delivered through partnerships with industry experts using the company's fiber network to provide connectivity for voice solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hoosier Net provides wholesale fiber-optic connectivity services over its owned and managed 5,000+ route-mile network with 40+ carrier-class Points of Presence across Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Its service portfolio includes Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), DWDM wavelength services, WAN Transport (Ethernet/MPLS), Cloud Connectivity via Megaport, Facilities & Infrastructure (managed dark fiber and colocation), and IPPBX Voice Services, with scalable bandwidth from 5 Mbps to Nx100 Gbps.

Product overview

Hoosier Net (Independents Fiber Network) is a fiber-optic telecommunications company providing a portfolio of connectivity services delivered over its owned and managed fiber network infrastructure spanning Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. The core offering consists of fiber-based network services including Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), DWDM wavelength services, WAN Transport (Ethernet/MPLS), Facilities & Infrastructure management, Cloud Connectivity, and IPPBX Voice Services. The company operates more than 5,000 route miles of directly owned high-count fiber with over 40 carrier-class Points of Presence (PoPs), offering scalable bandwidth from 5 Mbps to Nx100 Gbps. Services are available to telecom operators, carriers, enterprises, ISPs, and direct commercial customers across government, healthcare, education, and enterprise market segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) Highly reliable, scalable internet access service operating over a high-capacity, facility-based fiber ring network architecture supporting bandwidth from 5 Mbps to Nx100 Gbps, with real-time DDoS defense, IPv4/IPv6 support, DNS maintenance, and SLA-backed delivery for businesses and carriers.
• DWDM Services Private, point-to-point, fully managed optical wavelength services using Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing over fiber, with up to 96 wavelengths at 10 Gbps or 100 Gbps each, delivering long-haul and metro connectivity with term options from month-to-month to 240-month Nx10G/Nx100G capital lease arrangements.
• WAN Transport Wide-area network transport services that connect business locations via Ethernet Transport Services and/or MPLS over facility-based fiber rings, with scalable bandwidth from 5 Mbps to Nx100 Gbps for regional, national, and international site connectivity.
• Facilities & Infrastructure Managed fiber and colocation services spanning more than 5,000 route miles of directly owned high-count fiber with 40+ Points of Presence, providing 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps or 100 Gbps switch and optics to light dark fiber, carrier-class PoP colocation with standby generators, diverse fiber entrance facilities, and a 4-hour-or-better MTTR.
• Cloud Connectivity Fiber network connectivity enabled through the Megaport partnership that provides direct, rapid connections to more than 250 cloud service providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud, Salesforce, Alibaba Cloud), supporting cloud connectivity, hybrid cloud, multicloud, and Layer 3 cloud-to-cloud architectures.
• IPPBX Voice Services Voice services delivered through partnerships with industry experts, utilizing Hoosier Net's owned fiber network to provide connectivity for hosted and managed IP-PBX voice solutions for businesses.

Quantifiable outcome

• Bandwidth increased 10x from 10 Mb to 100 Mb at about one-third of the cost for City of Fairborn
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• MegaportcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with Megaport, a leading Network as a Service provider, enables enterprises to access a global ecosystem of over 250 service providers through a single connection. Megaport's Software Defined Network (SDN) enables customers to rapidly connect to cloud providers including AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud. This partnership provides flexible connectivity solutions, eliminating long-term fixed bandwidth circuits between data centers and cloud providers.
• Corero Network SecuritycoreTechnology or IntegrationTeamed up with Corero Network Security, a leading provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defense solutions, to safeguard customers from DDoS attacks. Implementation of Corero real-time DDoS defense technology with SmartWall Threat Defense System (TDS) with SecureWatch Analytics provides automatic attack detection and mitigation in seconds vs minutes, allowing good user traffic to flow uninterrupted.
• INDATELstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerHoosier Net is an Affiliate Member of INDATEL, a national organization of independent telephone companies. This affiliation provides networking and collaboration opportunities with similar regional telecom providers across the country.
• Com Net, Inc. (CNI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHoosier Net is a wholly owned subsidiary of Com Net, Inc. (CNI), established in 2003. CNI was formed through collaboration of 17 Ohio independent local exchange companies and has grown to include 21 ILECs and one electrical cooperative. CNI provides operational support and development center for next generation broadband service providers.
• Miami Valley Communications Council (MVCC)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic-private partnership for GATEway Public Fiber Network Phase II. IFN fully funded $1.8M portion of the $3M project to complete a 44-mile public fiber network connecting local government buildings, schools, non-profits, and public safety facilities. Revenue share agreement splits available fiber and conduit assets equally between MVCC and IFN at project completion.
• Consolidated Electric CooperativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecured fiber from Connected Network Partner Consolidated Electric Cooperative to extend route between Kenton and Richwood, establishing another diverse pathway to Cologix data center.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FiberLight: FiberLight owns and operates a regional fiber network delivering high-capacity Ethernet, wavelength, dark fiber, and IP services to enterprise, government, education, and carrier customers. It is a direct fiber-network-operator peer comparable in scale and product set.
• Zayo Group: Zayo is a wholesale-led fiber operator providing wavelengths, dark fiber, Ethernet, IP transit, and cloud connectivity to carriers and enterprises across North America and Europe. Its wavelength and carrier Ethernet services closely mirror Hoosier Net's DWDM and WAN Transport offerings.
• Consolidated Communications: Consolidated provides fiber-based broadband, Ethernet, voice, and managed services to residential, SMB, enterprise, and carrier customers across more than 20 states, including overlapping Midwest geographies. Its mix of carrier-grade fiber services and ILEC-style cooperative heritage closely parallels Hoosier Net's positioning.
• FirstLight: FirstLight operates a regional fiber network across the Northeast and Midwest offering dedicated internet access, Ethernet transport, dark fiber, and managed services to carriers, enterprises, governments, and ISPs. It is a direct comparable to Hoosier Net in business model, product mix, and customer segments.

Regional players

• altafiber (formerly Cincinnati Bell): altafiber provides fiber-based broadband, voice, and enterprise services across the Greater Cincinnati region, including overlapping Ohio and Indiana territories. It is a regional fiber peer with similar enterprise/government focus and comparable geographic adjacency.
• TDS Telecom: TDS Telecom operates fiber-based broadband, Ethernet, and managed services across the Midwest, including Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. It is a comparable regional ILEC-affiliated fiber operator with overlapping enterprise and carrier customer segments.
• Brightspeed: Brightspeed is a regional fiber and broadband operator serving primarily Midwest and Mid-Atlantic markets with Ethernet, DIA, and voice services to enterprise and SMB customers. Its footprint and product mix overlap with Hoosier Net in Ohio and Indiana.

Broad incumbents

• Crown Castle: Crown Castle operates a national fiber and small-cell infrastructure business serving carriers, wireless operators, and enterprises with dark fiber, Ethernet, and backhaul. Its fiber solutions division is comparable to Hoosier Net's wholesale/carrier-facing product set, though at vastly larger scale.
• Lumen Technologies: Lumen operates one of the largest U.S. fiber backbones and offers enterprise Ethernet, wavelength, IP, and managed services globally. It competes with Hoosier Net for larger enterprise and carrier customers but as a broad incumbent rather than a regional specialist.
• Windstream: Windstream is a large incumbent fiber and broadband operator offering Ethernet, DIA, wavelengths, and wholesale services to enterprise and carrier customers across the Midwest and South. It overlaps Hoosier Net's enterprise and carrier Ethernet markets but at much broader national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/IndependentsFiberNetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hoosier-net

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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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