Steadfast Networks

Steadfast Networks
Private company
Industry Web hosting service, Internet Service Provider
Founded Fond du Lac, WI, 1998[1]
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois, United States
Key people
 Karl Zimmerman
Products Web services
Website www.Steadfast.net

Steadfast Networks is a Chicago, Illinois-based Internet Service Provider primarily focused on Dedicated Servers and Colocation. It is a division of Nozone, Inc., a company founded in 1998 by then high-school student Karl Zimmerman[2] in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and incorporated in 2000.[1] In 2008 it was named number 370 on the Inc 500 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America List[3] and was on the Inc 5000 List of the Largest Companies in America in both 2009[4] and 2010.[5]

Locations

Steadfast currently has datacenter facilities in 3 locations: Two in downtown Chicago[6] and one in Edison, New Jersey.[7]

Steadfast has a private network with peering points throughout the United States along with London and Amsterdam.[8]

Controversy

In November 2007 the Chicago Tribune published an article on the hosting of hate sites in America, where they are protected by the First Amendment. The Anti-Defamation League noted that Steadfast hosted 17 such sites.[9] Steadfast responded on the official company blog that they feel content that freedom of speech was more important than imposing their own moral judgment.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Corporate Information". Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  2. ↑ Miller, Rich (2010-06-16). "Steadfast Networks Expands in NYC". Data Center Knowledge. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Steadfast Networks -- IT Services". 2008 Inc 500 Fastest Growing Companies in America. Inc 500. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Steadfast Networks -- IT Services". 2009 Inc 500 5000. Inc 500. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  5. ↑ "Steadfast Networks : Inc 2010 Rating". Inc 500. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 2010 RANKING: #1359
  6. ↑ "Steadfast Networks Opens New Chicago Data Center". Ping! Zine Web Hosting Magazine. 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  7. ↑ http://www.steadfast.net/blog/index.php/edison-new-jersey/steadfast-opens-new-data-center
  8. ↑ "PeeringDB - AS32748". Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  9. ↑ Working, Russell (2007-11-13). "Illegal abroad, hate Web sites thrive here - 1st Amendment lets fringe groups use U.S. sites to spread their message around the world". The Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. pp. News 1. Retrieved 2010-08-12. Karl Zimmerman -- whose Steadfast Networks in Chicago has hosted as many as 17 hate sites, according to the Anti-Defamation League -- said there are only two Web sites he knows of that have drawn several complaints, although some companies that are customers may host other sites. Zimmerman said that as long as the content is legal, Steadfast doesn't enter into a debate about the content.
  10. ↑ Zimmerman, Karl (2007-11-13). "Steadfast Response to Chicago Tribune Article". The Steadfast Networks Blog. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
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