Atlantic.Net Makes Florida 100 for Third Year in a Row; Named 11th Fastest-Growing Private Company in Florida.Business Editors & Technology Writers GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2001 Gainesville- based Atlantic.Net, one of the southeast's most reliable Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , is pleased to announce for the third year in a row that it has been named one of Florida's fastest-growing private companies. Atlantic.Net is number 11 in the Florida 100, jumping from number 15 in the 1999 listing and number 79 in the 1998 listing. Company revenues increased 372% from 1997-1999. The Florida 100 is an annual program organized by the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business Administration The Warrington College of Business Administration (WCBA) is the business school at the University of Florida. About 8000 students are enrolled in classes, including undergraduates and graduate students, including Master of Business Administration and Ph.D.-seeking students. and Fisher School of Accounting The Fisher School of Accounting is the academic accounting unit at the University of Florida (UF). In 1977, the School of Accounting was established by the Board of Regents as a separate school within the College of Business, and was endowed in 1985 by Frederick Fisher. Dr. to identify and honor Florida's one hundred highest growth firms. Recipients must meet four strict requirements to be eligible: be an independent, privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation or proprietorship, but not a subsidiary or division; show a three-year sales history with an increase over the three year period; have sales of more than $100,000 in fiscal 1997; and be headquartered in the state of Florida. Atlantic.Net was founded in 1994 by two University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. students, Marty Puranik and Jose Sanchez, who started the company by selling computers. After being denied Internet access See how to access the Internet. through the university in 1995, Puranik and Sanchez launched one of the first commercial Internet services in Gainesville and nearby Ocala. Atlantic.Net today serves businesses and consumers throughout seven Southeastern states. In September, Inc. magazine named Atlantic.Net the nation's 350th fastest-growing private company. Atlantic.Net's network spans more than 70 cities. E-business services include designing, installing and managing customized wide area networks, fractional T-1 through DS-3 connectivity, DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. access, Web hosting and wholesale services. Atlantic.Net's consumer dial-up services run on a Cisco Powered Network. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. All Atlantic.Net consumer accounts include access to the World Wide Web, electronic mail and toll-free technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Consumer accounts start at $9.95 per month. Atlantic.Net's most popular account, the Unlimited Plan, costs $19.95 per month. To learn more about Atlantic.Net's complete line of services, call 1-800-422-2936 or visit the corporate Web site at http://www.atlantic.net. For more information about this release, call Doreen Sabina at (904) 249-3946 or e-mail doreen@atlantic.net. For company information, check out http://newsroom.atlantic.net. |
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