Full Service Network is a Western Pennsylvania-based

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(CLEC) providing services which include

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and broadband phone service. It was founded in 1989 by

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student David E. Schwencke.

History

Founded in 1989 as a software company, Full Service Network entered the telecommunications landscape in the early 1990s. Throughout that decade, as land line phone services became competitive, FSN focused mostly on serving the commercial market of small to mid-size businesses. In 1998, FSN entered the residential market, gaining more than ten thousand residential subscribers in western Pennsylvania, as well as other customers across the state. Currently employing roughly eighty-five staff, the company is based at the US Steel Tower in downtown

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. In 2012, Full Service Network was recognized by the ''

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'' as one of Pittsburgh's Top Work Places; it was then recognized again in 2014, 2015 and 2016 as one of the city's top employers. In 2013, the ''

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'' also awarded FSN with a "Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania" honor. The company no longer provides residential phone and internet to new customers.

References

External links

*{{official website, https://fsntele.com/ Telecommunications companies of the United States Companies based in Pittsburgh American companies established in 1989 1989 establishments in Pennsylvania