INFOWEST HISTORY
Southern Utah’s First Internet Company
Kelly Nyberg & Randy Cosby, Founders of InfoWest, Inc. (1995)
INFOWEST TIMELINE
1994
Founding
Kelly, Aaron and Randy started InfoWest at Dixie College almost 30 years ago. They still work here today.
1997
Dial-Up 56K
Shortly after introducing dial-up internet to the area, we invested in fiber-optic equipment and hundreds of digital, 56k phone lines, a first in the area.
1997
Cable
InfoWest partnered with ClearVision Cable to roll out the one of the nation’s first dedicated cable modem systems, icable.com.
1999
DSL
InfoWest brought some of the first dedicated DSL services to businesses over “dry copper” lines. Later this expanded to thousands of lines through the local phone company.
2000
Cedar City Office (#1)
InfoWest purchased NetUtah and SGINet to expand our service area into Iron County and our customer base by almost 50%.
2002
Wireless
We partnered with Skyview to bring cable modem internet over wireless to Southern Utah. We later expanded with dozens of our own towers covering a major portion of the state.
2010
Utopia Fiber
Our Clean Internet service was well recieved when we expanded our footprint into Northern Utah to bring fiber-optic internet, phone and IPTV to Northern Utah.
2010
Moapa Valley Office
InfoWest acquired and completely re-built the Comnett Internet wireless network serving Moapa Valley, Overton and Logandale Nevada.
2014
InfoWest Security
We expanded our services to provide home and office security, automation and energy management services.
2017
Netzing Acquisition
January 2017, InfoWest acquired NetZing, previously Dixie IP, a privately-owned St. George based wireless Internet service provider. This acquisition will help InfoWest expand their network to additional areas of Southern Utah.
2017
New World Record
In March 2017, InfoWest builds state of art wireless network at the Dixie State University Burns Arena. This new system allowed youth participating in a Family History Search conference to set a new world record.
2018
New Corporate Headquarters
InfoWest’s Main Office and Corporate Headquarters moves to 435 East Tabernacle February 1, 2018.
2018
Vivint Wireless Acquisition
InfoWest expands further into Central Utah and adds 1000’s of customers by acquiring Vivint Wireless Southern Utah Operations in the summer of 2018.
2019
Richfield Utah Office
InfoWest purchased a historical building off of Main Street to serve our Central Utah customers.
2020
AWI Networks Acquistion
January 2, 2020 – InfoWest, Inc. announces the acquisition of AWI and merges networks to create one of the largest wireless networks in the Western United States.
2020
InfoWest Expands Fiber Hood
July 1, 2020 – Acquires the Sienna Hills Fiber-to-the-Home development from Veracity Networks to expand its fiber network.
2021
InfoWest Makes Inc. 5000
August 2021 – InfoWest is ranked 2,964 on this presitigious list highlighting 130% growth over 3 years. View listing
2022
Acquired by Boston Omaha (NYSE:BOC)
April 4, 2022 – Go Fiber and InfoWest conjoined and became part of the Boston Omaha family of Internet Service Providers. nyse.com/quote/BOC
2022
100 InfoWest Employees
With the continued growth alongside the expansion of fiber internet and FiberWave technology, InfoWest reaches 100+ employees in December 2022.
2023
“Best of State”
InfoWest wins the ‘Best of State’ award in Telecommunications.
bestofstate.org/winner2023
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