Texas.net
The privately held company initially specialized in dial-up, ISDN, dedicated LAN access, and T1 access to the Internet for both consumer and business customers.As one of the first internet providers in Texas, Texas.net initially served major Texas markets including Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Georgetown, New Braunfels and Boerne.In 2002 Texas.net acquired the Internet and data operations of Reliant Energy Communications, Inc. based in Houston, Texas.Also, in 2002, Texas.net purchased assets from StratCom, a Houston based company that provided voice and data communication services for business customers in local office buildings.These acquisitions allowed the company to expand product offerings to include web hosting, colocation, network security and disaster recovery solutions.