FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 8 , 2021

City Contact:                                          Onward Contact:
Jesse Mays, Assistant City Manager          Matthew Smolke, Outreach Coordinator
jesse.mays@culvercity.org                       msmolke@getonward.com
(310) 253-6000                                      (424) 326-1301

Onward Launches Business Internet Service via Culver Connect, Culver City’s Municipal Fiber Network

Through a partnership with the City of Culver City, Onward is now offering internet service to businesses in Culver City via Culver Connect, the City’s open access Municipal Fiber Network.

“The City built the Culver Connect Municipal Fiber Network to give businesses more choices for internet providers. Businesses can take advantage of the City’s fast, secure fiber network through Onward as their internet service provider”, said Mayor Alex Fisch.

Onward can provide a variety of services to Culver City Businesses, including:

• Internet service at speeds up to 1Gbps
• Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Phone Service
• Additional services such as point-to-point, wavelengths, dark fiber, static IP blocks, and more

For more information, businesses may email Matthew Smolke, Community Outreach for Onward, at msmolke@getonward.com or call him at (424) 326-1301.

“Onward is excited to partner with Culver City to bring much needed fiber optic broadband to businesses,” said Nick Keeler, COO of Onward.

About Onward

Onward is the new name for Inyo Networks, a national recognized broadband network operator and service provider incorporated in April 2009 and based in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Onward designs, builds, operates and maintains broadband networks. Among Onward’s clients are globally leading high technology companies as well as federal, state, and local governments.  Onward (as Inyo Networks) currently serves as network manager and service provider for OntarioNet and RC Fiber, the commercial and residential fiber networks of the City of Ontario and the City of Rancho Cucamonga, respectively. Onward (as Inyo Networks) also operates and manages Digital 395, which is a regional fiber network serving 287 schools, hospitals, government buildings and wholesale customers along the US Route 395 corridor in eastern California.

About Culver City

Culver City is a five-square-mile, urban community of 39,000 residents surrounded mostly by the City of Los Angeles but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. It is centrally located on the Westside near Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and Los Angeles International Airport.  Culver City is particularly known for its well-run public school system, "small town" charm, growing high-tech and creative economies, and a dynamic downtown that is regionally known as a destination for restaurants, live theater, and art galleries. 

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