# Stealth Communications

> Stealth Communications is a New York City fiber-optic internet provider that has been quietly digging up Manhattan streets since 1995 to lay its own dark fiber, build its own routers, and sell ultrafast, dedicated business internet to enterprises, schools, broadcasters and government agencies.

- **Founded:** 1995
- **Headquarters:** New York, NY, United States
- **Founders:** Shrihari Pandit (Co-founder, President & CEO), Jinci Liu (Co-founder, Managing Director)
- **Team size:** Reported headcount ~4,400 across affiliates; core NYC network team is much smaller and in-house
- **Products:** Dedicated Fiber Internet, Dark Fiber, Pop-Up Fiber, Point-to-Point Cloud Connect, Transparent LAN
- **Notable:** Built one of the first ten IPv6 networks in North America, Sprint's single largest IP customer in NYC by 2002, Ranked #1 nationwide ISP for download speed (2017-2018)

## Products & services

- **Dedicated Fiber Internet** — Symmetric business internet over Stealth-owned fiber, with SLA-guaranteed speeds from 1 Gbps to 400 Gbps using WDM wavelengths.
- **Dark Fiber** — Unlit fiber pairs leased to carriers, enterprises and government for private use.
- **Pop-Up Fiber** — Temporary high-capacity fiber circuits for live events, broadcasts and emergency response.
- **Point-to-Point Cloud Connect** — Private layer-2 transport into major cloud and peering fabrics.
- **Transparent LAN** — City-wide layer-2 service that stitches multiple offices into one virtual LAN.
- **DDoS & Network Security** — Proactive cyber-defense and physical security built into the fiber backbone.
- **VoIP Peering** — Voice peering exchange operated for carriers; the team also hosts the Voice Peering Forum.

## Achievements

- Built one of the first ten IPv6 networks in North America
- Sprint's single largest IP customer in NYC by 2002
- Ranked #1 nationwide ISP for download speed (2017-2018)
- Named fastest local/regional ISP in the U.S. by The National Interest (2022)
- 100+ route miles of Stealth-owned fiber across NYC
- Network traffic exceeding 1 Tbps

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Fiber Broadband Association published 'Stealth Communications Connects NYC' case study.
- **2023-10** — Raised $17.5M in venture funding (round not specified).
- **2022** — Nokia selected Stealth for core network upgrade; ranked fastest local/regional ISP.

## Links

- Website: https://stealth.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stealth-communications
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/stealthcomputer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stealthcomputer/

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Last updated: 2026-05-18