Cruzio is the oldest and largest Internet service provider

Internet service provider

An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...

 in Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Cruz County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, on the California Central Coast. The county forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay. . As of the 2010 U.S. Census, its population was 262,382. The county seat is Santa Cruz...

. Established in 1989, they provide multi-gigabit fiber Internet

Fiber-optic communication

Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information...

, business-grade wireless Internet, DSL, email, website hosting, hands-on classes, computer care, and an on-site data center

Data center

A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...

, with collocation

Collocation

In corpus linguistics, collocation defines a sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance. In phraseology, collocation is a sub-type of phraseme. An example of a phraseological collocation is the expression strong tea...

 and co-working spaces, called Cruzioworks.

A registered Competitive Local Exchange Carrier

Competitive local exchange carrier

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 (CLEC), Cruzio has a significant market share, consisting of about 9,000 households and businesses in Santa Cruz County, and a 21-year history of service. Cruzio’s network comprises seven major points of presence

Point of presence

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 around the county and in the Bay Area, including Equinix

Equinix

Equinix, Inc. is an American public corporation that provides carrier-neutral data centers and internet exchanges. Equinix provides network-neutral data centers and interconnection services...

 and Level 3

Level 3 Communications

Level 3 Communications is a telecommunications and Internet service provider headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.It operates a Tier 1 network. The company provides core transport, IP, voice, video and content delivery for most of the medium to large Internet carriers in North America and Europe...

, for world-class connectivity.
Cruzio is one of the largest independent Internet service providers in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, and they recently introduced heretofore unavailable enterprise-level Internet services to Santa Cruz County, representing a huge investment in the community.

Cruzio currently operates more than 40 free wi-fi hotspot

Hotspot (Wi-Fi)

A hotspot is a site that offers Internet access over a wireless local area network through the use of a router connected to a link to an Internet service provider...

s in Santa Cruz County, including Louden Nelson Community Center, Beach Flats Community Center, Plaza Vigil in Watsonville

Watsonville, California

Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 51,199 according to the 2010 census.Located on the central coast of California, the economy centers predominantly around the farming industry. It is known for growing strawberries, apples, lettuce and a host...

, and many Santa Cruz County cafés and restaurants.