Stealth is proud to service New York City businesses for three decades.
| Our Team | Citizenship | |
|---|---|---|
| Board Member, President & CEO | Shrihari Pandit | 🇺🇸 |
| Board Member, Managing Director | Jinci Liu | 🇺🇸 |
Our History
- 1995
Stealth Communications founded in NYC
The days when dial-up Internet was popular and Netscape was the browser. Our initial connection to the Internet started at a T1 (1.5Mbps) into the MCI Backbone.
- 1996
Developed custom router technologies
Stealth built it's own router using PC and FPGA's, and developed it's own Layer-2 transmission technology capable of running at 1 Gbps Full-Duplex (before Gigabit-Ethernet had been standardized.)
- 1997
Expansion into Financial Sector
First to offer native Ethernet connections to Island ECN within the NYC Metro Area over Stealth's custom-built router technology.
- 1998-1999
Massive Internet traffic growth
Over a dozen DS-3 (45 Mbps) private peering connections established, and establish public peering at NYIIX.
- 2000
Prewiring Office Buildings
Stealth pre-wired two office bulidings in Lower Manhattan with access to Fast-Ethernet Internet access: 50 Broad Street and 29 Broadway.
Stealth joins 6Bone IPv6 Testbed
Stealth joins the 6bone and receives a pTLA assignment
- 2001
NY6IX Launched
Largest IPv6 Exchange at the time on the East Coast, connecting over 12 organizations. Members included: Sprint, France Telecom, Dept. of Defense, Qwest and ESNet.
Production IPv6 Ready!
Stealth receives IPv6 sTLA allocation from ARIN, making it one of the first ten IPv6 network in North America.
- 2002
Stealth WDM Optical Backbone
Stealth's backbone upgraded using Transmode CWDM, 16 CWDM channels between its core hubs.
Sprint Gigabit Deal
Stealth becomes Sprint's single largest IP customer in New York City, with Gigabits of capacity.
- 2003
10 Gbps Router Deployment
Stealth selects and deploy's Procket Routers, supporting high-density 10 Gbps connections on the backbone.- 2004-2008
Voice Peering Forum
We organized and hosted multiple Voice Peering Forum events, featuring firms on the cutting edge of VoIP technology.
Stealth Deploys Force10 TeraScale Platform
Force10 E-Series deployed in New York, Atlanta, Miami and Los Angeles.Big Apple Peering Exchange (Big APE)
Big APE launched in 2005, a low-cost high-performance IPv4 peering platform for ISPs and content providers in the NYC area. NY6IX service merges into Big APE.
- 2009-2010
Over 500 direct connections
Stealth exchanges traffic directly with over 500 other Internet networks, including major ISPs and content providers.
- 2013
New York City Fiber Franchise
Stealth Communications receives both the information and telecommunications franchises, authorizing the company to install fiber optic cables throughout the City's public right-of-way.
Fiber Construction Starts!
Stealth's in-house fiber construction crew, begins construction of a new fiber optic backbone starting from Midtown Manhattan heading towards the Financial District.
Stealth joins NYCEDC's ConnectNYC Fiber Challenge
NYCEDC Launches Second Round of ConnectNYC to Construct Free Fiber Cable Wiring For Businesses Across New York City
- 2014
New core hub at 325 Hudson Street
Stealth pulls in two 864 fiber-count cables into 325 Hudson Street (North & South) and installs a 24 Tbps Internet Core Router.
- 2015
Stealth expands into Brooklyn
Stealth partners with NYCEDC's Connect IBZ to expand Ultrafast Gigabit Broadband into the Industrial Business Zones in NYC
Fiber installed in over a hundred buildings!
Stealth Fiber Crew has made tremendous progress, bringing Fiber to just over 130 commercial buildings in Manhattan.
- 2016
Stealth's Brooklyn fiber system goes live
Stealth's new underground Brookly system goes live. New 50 Tbps Core Router installed at Bush Terminal, over 8,000 ft of new conduit and manholes installed in Southwest Brooklyn, part of NYC's Connect IBZ project.
- 2017 - 2018
Stealth Fiber: Fastest Broadband in US
- 2019
Stealth Continues Massive NYC Buildout
Press Release: Company increases infrastructure investments in NYC for 2019, to add over 8,000 fiber miles of fiber-optic cable to its network.
Stealth Launches Pop-Up Fiber
Stealth launches Pop-Up Fiber: a fiber optic connectivity option for short-term engagements in NYC. The service leverages Stealth's aggressive city-wide fiber deployment and in-house expertise to provide gigabit connectivity to video, film and streaming productions that need an alternative to satellite hookups.
- 2022
The National Interest names Stealth as fastest Internet Provider in U.S.
