web hosting service internet service provider founded fond du lac wi 1998 1 headquarters chicago illinois united states key people karl zimmerman products web services website www.steadfast.net steadfast networks is a chicago illinois based internet service provider primarily focused on dedicated servers and colocation . it is a division of nozone inc. a company founded in 1998 by then high school student karl zimmerman 2 in fond du lac wisconsin and incorporated in 2000 . 1 in 2008 it was named number 370 on the inc 500 5000 fastest growing private companies in america list 3 and was on the inc 5000 list of the largest companies in america in both 2009 4 and 2010 . 5 contents 1 locations 2 controversy 3 references 4 external links locations edit steadfast currently has datacenter facilities in 3 locations two in downtown chicago 6 and one in edison new jersey . 7 steadfast has a private network with peering points throughout the united states along with london and amsterdam . 8 controversy edit in november 2007 the chicago tribune published an article on the hosting of hate sites in america where they are protected by the first amendment . the anti defamation league noted that steadfast hosted 17 such sites . 9 steadfast responded on the official company blog that they feel content that freedom of speech was more important than imposing their own moral judgment . 10 references edit a b corporate information . retrieved 2010 08 12 . miller rich 2010 06 16 . steadfast networks expands in nyc . data center knowledge . retrieved 2010 08 12 . steadfast networks it services . 2008 inc 500 fastest growing companies in america . inc 500 . retrieved 2010 08 12 . steadfast networks it services . 2009 inc 500 5000 . inc 500 . retrieved 2010 08 12 . steadfast networks inc 2010 rating . inc 500 . 2010 . retrieved 2010 08 27 . 2010 ranking 1359 steadfast networks opens new chicago data center . ping zine web hosting magazine . 2010 06 29 . retrieved 2010 08 12 . http www.steadfast.net blog index.php edison new jersey steadfast opens new data center peeringdb as32748 . retrieved 2014 08 01 . working russell 2007 11 13 . illegal abroad hate web sites thrive here 1st amendment lets fringe groups use u.s. sites to spread their message around the world . the chicago tribune . chicago tribune . pp . news 1 . retrieved 2010 08 12 . karl zimmerman whose steadfast networks in chicago has hosted as many as 17 hate sites according to the anti defamation league said there are only two web sites he knows of that have drawn several complaints although some companies that are customers may host other sites . zimmerman said that as long as the content is legal steadfast doesn t enter into a debate about the content . zimmerman karl 2007 11 13 . steadfast response to chicago tribune article . the steadfast networks blog . retrieved 2010 08 12 . external links edit companies portal official website steadfast blog steadfast support v t e website management concepts overselling web document web content web content lifecycle web hosting service web server webmaster website governance web hosting control panels comparison alternc cpanel directadmin domain technologie control gnupanel h sphere i mscp interworx ispconfig kloxo kloxo mr plesk usermin webmin top level domain registries afilias centralnic cira donuts neustar ovh uniregistry verisign domain name managers and registrars ausregistry cz.nic cnnic denic dnpric.es dns belgium domainz dynadot enom gandi godaddy hover japan registry service melbourne it museum domain management association name.com namecheap network solutions net4 nic m xico register.com tucows uniregistry uk2 web.com web content management system document management system wiki software blog software retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title steadfast networks & oldid 731882069 categories web hostinghidden categories use dmy dates from september 2010 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 28 july 2016 at 03 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view