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Sierra Tel Internet
Sierra Tel Internet is an affiliate company of Sierra
Tel. STI was established on May 1, 1996,
to provide Internet services to customers of Sierra Telephone.
At that time, the goal was to provide dial-up access to about 1,000
Sierra Telephone customers.
STI’s Call Center is a major factor in determining the level of
service we provide our customers. It is staffed 24-hours a day, 7-days-a-week,
with tech support representatives that are more like teachers than technicians.
You’ll find they are patient, kind and genuinely knowledgeable
about your Internet connection. In fact, the entire staff at STI is
dedicated to your complete satisfaction. If you have any questions,
feel free to contact us.
Service Area
With a lot of hard work and a few acquisitions, STI now serves: local
dial-up Internet to more than 400 California
cities; DSL to Sierra Telephone subscribers; GSN Wireless Internet
access to several eastern Madera county communities; and a whole host
of Internet and Web related services.
History
| 1996 |
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Sierra
Tel Internet established. |
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| 1998 |
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Sierra
Tel Internet moved to its current location on Chapel Hill. |
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Acquisition
of Sierra Internet Services, merging nearly 1,000 additional Internet
users with STI’s growing customer base. |
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| 1999 |
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STI
expanded local dial-up connections to include San Joaquin Valley
cities from Madera, south to Bakersfield (including Fresno).
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| 2000 |
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Launched
content filtering service. |
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Dial-up
access expanded again – South to Lebec, California and north
to the Oregon border. |
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STI
purchased two additional Internet providers – Benchmark Technologies
of Tehachapi and CNETech of Hanford. |
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| 2001 |
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Deployment
of high-speed wireless Internet access – GigaSkyNet –
in the Oakhurst area. |
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| 2002 |
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Began
offering DSL to customers in Oakhurst, Bass Lake, Coarsegold, Yosemite
Lakes Park, Raymond, Boot Jack, and Mariposa. Additional locations
are forthcoming. |
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Introduced
junkmail and email virus filtering. |
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Dial-up
access expanded once again to over 400 California
cities, adding local dial-up areas to the San Diego area and
east into the highland deserts. |
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Chapel
Hill location expanded to accommodate the growing Internet Call
Center - an additional 4,000 square feet! |
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| 2003 |
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Dial-up
accelerator launched. |
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GigaSkyNet
service area expanded to include Mariposa. |
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