HOULTON — Pioneer Broadband has purchased the web-hosting business of SJV Wireless, Inc., of Fort Kent.
SJV Wireless designed and managed over 25 sites for its customers in the Fort Kent region, including the Fort Kent Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Kent Town Office.
Pioneer Broadband hosts hundreds of websites for five web design companies. Tim McAfee, CTO for Pioneer said, “Keeping these sites available 24/7 is an important part of our business. With three major Internet suppliers, generator backup, self-contained cooling and a state of the art fire suppression system, Pioneer is an ideal location to host your website or keep your data safe in a disaster recovery
situation.”
Pioneer Broadband is the only Internet service provider in Maine with a connection to the Canadian Internet backbone, thus providing diversity that other Maine web-hosting facilities cannot provide, according to company officials.
Web-hosting, datacenter and IT services, as well as high speed Internet delivery to rural Maine have been an essential part of the core business strategy for Pioneer Broadband since its inception in 2001.
Pioneer Broadband is a provider of communications services to communities across the Northern and Eastern Maine. Today, Pioneer owns and operates facilities in 50 locations and delivers residential and business connectivity solutions throughout Maine. Pioneer offers telecommunications options, including fixed-wireless, DSL, cable and fiber connectivity solutions, all with local technical support and service staff.
With facilities in over 50 locations, Pioneer is a logical partner for businesses with challenging multi- location connectivity requirements. Offering advanced communications with a personal touch, including local and long distance voice, IT, data, Internet, television and broadband services.
Pioneer’s Datacenter in Presque Isle hosts a number of businesses for great connections and Disaster
Recovery purposes. Pioneer is the only Internet company in Maine to have a connection to the
Canadian Internet backbone, thus offering diversity and redundancy that is unique among Maine’s
Internet service providers.
For more information, visit www.pioneerbroadband.net.
