Hughes Network Systems, 4187 Townsville Rd, Bullock, NC 27507, US

Kinex Networking Solutions, Inc, began as the second ISP venture for Jim Garrett and Sean Cook. Jim, the original founder of hovac.com and Sean, the Linux engineer behind its success, opened Kinex in January 2002. Kinex was born because the community expressed their concerns about the loss of the service-oriented ISP and computer repair business. Because of the Telecom Act of 1996, and the fond memories of the long gone customer-oriented telephone company, we decided that we would try a different approach for our new company. Our business plan was to open an ISP, apply to the Virginia SCC to become a telephone company, convert the telephone lines used by our ISP for modems to our telephone company, and use the funds to pay for a telephone switch. Additionally, we would focus on fiber training and certifications, so we could eventually network the community with the latest fiber technology, then purchase a fiber head to properly distribute the services. Once we reached a certain customer base, we would purchase a cable head end and offer cable services in addition to the Internet and telephone services. We would then bring competition for telephone and cable services to this community and reduce prices for everyone. We currently repair computers, design and install networks, and maintain computers and networks for businesses from Farmville to Norfolk. We provide dialup, accelerated dialup, broadband fixed wireless, DSL and leased line connectivity to the Internet. We specialize in firewalls, VPN tunnels and all aspects of wire line and wireless connectivity. State Corporation Commission recently awarded our license to provide local and long distance telephone service. This in itself is a validation of the technical capabilities of the team that we have at Kinex. We believe that great customer service is performed by local people that are helping people within their own community. Other companies and providers take jobs from our communities and force our children to move away in order to achieve their dreams of being a successful family provider. Please join us in making Kinex a successful technology center that creates jobs for our kids, technology for our community and customer service that we all deserve.