Webound turns to Socket to keep customers connected with a local Internet provider

Columbia, Mo.—Socket, a Missouri-based telephone and Internet service provider, recently announced its acquisition of WeBound Internet, a local Internet service provider that has been serving the residential and business market in south central and southwest Missouri since 1997.

“We have enjoyed the past ten years serving each of our clients, but the time has come to turn the Internet access over to someone better equipped to serve our local market,” said Dalton Wright, owner of WeBound. “We felt it was imperative to find a Missouri-based company that would continue our focus on local support and community involvement. Socket was the clear choice.”

This acquisition will allow Socket to continue to achieve its mission of bringing the highest level of technology available to all of Missouri by expanding its high-speed DSL and accelerated dial-up Internet connections, Web hosting, business voice, and data communication solutions in cities including Caulfield, Conway, Gainesville, Lebanon, Mountain Grove, Richland, Seymour, Waynesville and other surrounding communities.

WeBound’s business and residential customers were able to keep their current e-mail addresses and were given the added bonuses of faster Internet connectivity, enhanced online security, more communication choices, and top-of-the-line technical support.

“Socket is excited to take WeBound customers to the next level of Internet communications,” said Carson Coffman, co-owner of Socket. “We are looking forward to continuing to welcome both existing and new customers to the Socket community. Helping our customers communicate is why we’re here, and we’re thrilled to be able to offer our newest customers an expanded portfolio of communications solutions and the live, local technical support that makes Socket a standout in the technology industry.”

Founded in 1994, Socket is a Missouri-based telephone and Internet service provider with the largest service coverage in the state. Socket is a privately held company that provides business customers a choice for local and long-distance phone service. It combines the highest quality customer service with in-depth technical knowledge to provide customized phone service packages. Socket also offers high-speed DSL and accelerated dial-up Internet service to both business and residential clients. Socket provides service to more than 20,000 customers in more than 400 cities across Missouri. For additional information, please visit: http://www.socket.net.

WeBound, a Lebanon-based Internet service provider, was founded in 1997 and offered dial-up service in Lebanon, Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, St. Robert, Gainesville, Conway, Seymour, Richland and other surrounding areas as well as high-speed DSL in Lebanon. Their parent company, Ozark Media, owns and operates eleven area newspapers and three radio stations.