Index of Internet Service Providers

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Local Commercial ISPs

• Acceleration
  Business Class ISP Services, including high-speed DSL and T1 connections, corporate Web hosting, and advanced software development.
  2831-B NW 41st St.
  Gainesville FL 32606
  335-6500
  Toll Free: 800-655-6505
  Brett Tambling, System Administrator

• Atlantic.Net: Internet Connect Company
  Commercial ISP providing full 56Kbps Internet access, including SLIP/PPP, throughout Florida.
  Toll-free dial-up from anywhere in the U.S.
  2815 NW 13th Street, Suite 201
  Gainesville, FL 32609
  Phone: 352-336-7716 or 1-800-921-9328
  Fax: 352-375-2702
  sales@atlantic.net

• Category 5 Internet Services
  Offering fast Internet Access to Keystone Heights. Unlimited usage, web hosting, dedicated service, much more.
  PO Box 876
  Keystone Heights, FL 32656
  473-3550 (voice)
  473-6774 (fax)
  service@category5.net

• Community Connections
  Provides full Internet access via PPP and custom simplified interface for maintaining Web pages, plus on-line shopping at the Omni-Mall.
  3717 NW 66th Pl.
  Gainesville FL 32653
  371-9722 (Fax 377-7565)
  Bob Shevlin, System Administrator

• CyberGate Inc.
  Commercial ISP providing full Internet access, including SLIP/PPP and shell access; also ISDN and dedicated leased lines.
  Local telephone access in several areas of Florida (336-7188 in the Gainesville area).
  1301 West Newport Center Drive
  Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
  (954) 428-GATE or (800) NET-GATE (voice)
  (954) 428-7977 (fax)
  sales@gate.net

• Digi-Net Technologies
  Digi-Net Technologies is a commercial Internet Access and Presence Provider. We specialize in online web site development and interactive, fully functional web sites. We offer dialup access locally in Gainesville.
  2711 NW 6th Stree, Suite F
  Gainesville, FL 32609
  373-2253 (voice)
  373-2690 (fax)
  sales@digi-net.com

• Digital Access, Inc.
  Local ISP for the Keystone Heights & Starke area.
  PO Box 884
  180 S. Lawrence Blvd.
  Keystone Heights, FL 32656
  473-2430 (voice)
  sales@daccess.net

• Florida Digital Turnpike
  Commercial ISP providing full Internet access, including unlimited SLIP/PPP and shell access; also ISDN and dedicated leased lines. Advanced services include: Web Page development and housing, virtual Web Servers, collocation of Web Servers.
  2441 NW 43rd Street, Suite 22
  Gainesville, FL 32606
  372-5100 (voice)
  372-1740 (FAX)
  info@fdt.net

• Florida Network Solutions, Inc.
  Commercial ISP providing full Internet access, including SLIP/PPP.
  12 West University Ave., Suite 204
  Gainesville, FL 32601
  375-8322 (voice)
  comments@fns.net
  info@fns.net - Automated responder, just send blank message
  

• Florida Online
  Commercial ISP providing full Internet access.
  Local telephone access in several areas of Florida (372-3883 for the Gainesville area).
  (407) 635-8888 or (800) 676-2599 (voice numbers for info)
  info@digital.net

• Gainesville Direct Net, Inc.
  Commercial ISP providing full internet access, Unix Shell, PPP, web hosting, etc.
  602 South Main Street, Suite H-10
  Gainesville, FL 32601
  371-8401 (voice and FAX)
  info@gdn.net

• GRU.net
  GRU.Net is Gainesville Regional Utilities' low cost provider of high quality internet access for the local market. GRU.Net offers customers three levels of internet access - 33.6k, 56k, and ISDN. Each level provides the customer with unlimited internet access, one e-mail account with 20MB of disk space, one personal webpage with 5 megabytes of disk space, and free help desk support.
  (352) 334-3000 option #1 (voice information)
  support@gru.net

• Hunt Technologies, Inc.
  Commercial ISP providing full internet access, Unix Shell, PPP, etc.
  3131 N.W. 13th Street, Suite 51
  Gainesville, FL 32609
  376-5774 (voice)
  sale@hunttech.com

• Internetica
  Commercial ISP providing full internet access, Unix Shell, PPP, web hosting, etc.
  602 South Main, Suite H14
  Gainesville, FL 32601
  336-9979 (voice)
  admin@inetica.com

• InterNetworks International, Inc.
  Commercial ISP providing full Internet access, including SLIP/PPP and shell access.
  Sites located throughout Florida: Martin, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Indian River, Palm Beach, Seminole, Lake, Orange, Gilchrist, Levy and Alachua counties.
  378-1902 (voice)
  info@inetw.net

• Mercury Communications USA
  Commercial ISP providing full Internet access, including SLIP/PPP, ISDN, and dedicated leased lines. We specialize in Web Page design and development, Web Hosting services, LAN/WAN, and security consulting.
  14119 W. Newberry Road
  Newberry, FL 32669-2709
  332-1300 (voice)
  334-2555 (fax)
  info@mercury.net

• Mindspring - Gainesville
  Commercial ISP providing full internet access, including SLIP/PPP. No shell. Based in Georgia but now has local POP for Gainesville.
  1430 West Peachtree St. NW, Suite 400
  Atlanta, GA 30309
  800-719-4332 (voice)
  377-4177 (data)
  cliff@mindspring.com - Territory manager

• Premium Internet Corp.
  Commercial ISP providing full internet access, including SLIP/PPP.
  2603 NW 13th St. #310
  Gainesville, FL 32609
  378-9998 (voice)
  sales@gator.net

• Solutions Group Communications, Inc.
  Authorized sales agents for InternetMCI.
  Commercial ISP providing full Internet access, web hosting, T1, ISDN, and dialup. One account with over 300 access numbers throughout the US.
  P.O. Box 831432
  Miami, FL 33283-1432
  (305) 595-0062 (voice; temporary # for signup, 800 number coming soon)
  334-7165 (data)
  solutions.group@mci2000.com

• VectorNet
  Commercial ISP providing full Internet access, including SLIP/PPP, homepages.
  2711 NW 6th St. Suite B
  Gainesville, FL 32609
  375-8658 (voice)
  376-8353 (FAX)
  sales@vector.net

Local ISPs that do not offer dial-up access

• LiveWire Communications, Inc.
  LiveWire is an MCSP..... specializing in full business internet and intranet solutions, from e-commerce to networking; This includes website hosting, website design and development, back end programming, software engineering, internet consultation, computer networking, networking consultation, intra- and inter-office sharing of internet access, office to office voice-over-internet integration, and lastly, providing support, consultation and development for ANY technologies not listed.
  P.O. Box 140370
  Gainesville, FL 32614
  373-7090 (voice)
  373-7707 (fax)
  

• Purple Frog Software
  Providing Web space (home pages), Web design, Domain Name Service, and general consulting.
  Also, "We are Gainesville on the internet." Offering free subdomain and host registration under the gainesville.fl.us domain.
  P.O. Box 13928
  Gainesville, FL 32604
  336-7208 (voice)
  info@purplefrog.com

Other Local Methods To Obtain Internet Access

• CIRCA
  Center for Instructional Research & Computing Activities, at the University of Florida.
  All UF students, faculty, and staff are eligible for CIRCA accounts.
  CSE 520D (UF Campus)
  392-HELP aka 392-4357 (voice)
  392-3760 (FAX)
  392-5533 (data)
  ufhelp@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu

• Dragon's Keep International
  Non-Profit BBS providing full Internet support for cost-only fees.
  375-3500 (data)
  cerebus@dkmail.dkeep.com

• NERDC
  North-East Regional Data Center, a non-profit computing organization located on UF campus
  NERDC does not directly provide accounts to people, but rather offers accounts through other organizations which provide the funding and processing.
  See the above entry about CIRCA.