improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message critical hub networks inc. trading name caribe.net type private industry telecommunications headquarters san juan puerto rico products broadband telephone website http www.caribe.net caribe.net also known as critical hub networks is a telecommunications company that provides broadband internet access data center and telephone services in puerto rico . the company is headquartered in san juan . on april 26 2010 the company receive a 25.7 million dollar federal award from the national telecommunications and information administration for the puerto rico bridge initiative . history edit caribe.net was founded in 1994 in puerto rico . it was the first internet service provider in puerto rico . some of the services that the company offer for the first time in the island were first commercial internet access network first individual dialup tcp ip service first to offer slip connectivity service first to offer ppp connectivity service first isp to offer isdn services first to provide v. 90 services first to offer 24 hour technical support first isp to offer online subscription services first isp to offer online account management first lan based dial up tcp ip service first to provide commercial internet access to companies first to offer t1 services first to offer burstable t1 services first to offer multi t1 bonded services first to offer private ip network service intranet vpn first to offer virtual isp services visp first tier 1 backbone isp first to use atm frame relay architecture first isp to offer 100 % guaranteed uptime for hosting services first independent facilities based isp first isp to offer free peering first to offer guaranteed commercial quality of service sla first to offer colocation services first internet data center first isp to offer disaster recovery services first to offer in room broadband services to tourism industry hotelaccess first to offer wireless dsl first isp to offer off site off island secure backup services in 1999 caribe.net was acquired by psinet the largest independent facilities based isp in the world . in 2001 the company was acquire back by the original shareholders . caribe.net was also co founder of the internet society of puerto rico and network access point nap of the caribbean . in 2007 caribe.net teamed up with voz to offer enterprise level telephone services voip over caribe.net s internet services . in 2010 critical hub networks inc received a 25.7 million arra grant through the u.s. department of commerce to bridge the technological divide boost economic growth create jobs and improve education and health care through the improvement of broadband internet services in puerto rico . the project awarded is the puerto rico bridge initiative . on february 22 2011 critical hub networks officially inaugurated the puerto rico bridge initiative which established the prbi internet exchange point ixp in san juan puerto rico . congressman pedro pierluisi participated in the inauguration event . references edit external links edit caribe.net official site puerto rico bridge initiative official site national telecommunications and information administration congressman pedro r. pierluisi inauguration statement retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title caribe.net & oldid 586913954 categories companies based in san juan puerto ricointernet service providers of puerto ricohidden categories articles lacking sources from august 2012all articles lacking sourcesarticles needing cleanup from january 2012all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from january 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 december 2013 at 06 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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