Net, one of the southeast's most reliable Internet Service Providers, is pleased to announce for the third year in a row that it has been named one of Florida's fastest-growing private companies. Net is number 11 in the Florida 100, jumping from number 15 in the 1999 listing and number 79 in the 1998 listing. The Florida 100 is an annual program organized by the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business Administration and Fisher School of Accounting to identify and honor Florida's one hundred highest growth firms. Net was founded in 1994 by two University of Florida students, Marty Puranik and Jose Sanchez, who started the company by selling computers. After being denied Internet access through the university in 1995, Puranik and Sanchez launched one of the first commercial Internet services in Gainesville and nearby Ocala.
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. Net's network spans more than 70 cities. Net's consumer dial-up services run on a Cisco Powered Network. Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet.