Welcome to the NETWORK
Who is Southern Tier NETWORK?
STN has over 14 years of experience delivering enterprise-grade fiber connectivity to businesses, healthcare, education, finance, manufacturing, and government organizations. Our mission is to provide the security, speed, and scalability that keep organizations moving forward.
Why Open-Access?
STN’s open-access model gives organizations freedom of choice. Multiple service providers can deliver solutions over the same fiber infrastructure, creating competition, lowering costs, and ensuring that you get the service and price that best fits your business needs, all on a secure, high-performance NETWORK.
How does downtime impact a business?
Network downtime stalls productivity, disrupts communication, and can bring operations to a standstill. Every minute offline means lost revenue, delayed projects, and frustrated customers — costs no business can afford.
How does STN help prevent downtime?
STN’s diverse fiber paths provide redundancy and unmatched reliability, keeping your organization online and running at full capacity.
Dark and Lit Fiber Options
Every enterprise has unique demands. STN offers both dark fiber and lit fiber services to give you the right level of control and flexibility.
Dark Fiber: Take full control of your own network for maximum security and performance.
Lit Fiber: Rely on our managed services for a turnkey solution that scales with your needs.
Security and Reliability First
Enterprises move massive amounts of sensitive data every day. Our fiber infrastructure is engineered with security and redundancy at the core, ensuring your information travels safely and without interruption. From financial transactions to medical records to government communications, STN is the trusted partner for critical data.
NIST 800-171 & CMMC 2.0 Compliance
Businesses working with the Department of Defense or handling sensitive data must meet strict cybersecurity standards. STN’s secure, redundant fiber NETWORK helps support compliance, protect data, and keep operations running without interruption.
Scalable for Growth
Whether you’re connecting a single facility or multiple campuses across the region, our network grows with you. High-capacity bandwidth ensures you can handle today’s workloads while preparing for tomorrow’s demands.
Local Partner, Regional Impact
As a locally based network, we’re invested in the success of the Southern Tier. By choosing STN, you’re not only strengthening your organization’s connectivity, you’re supporting the growth of the entire community.
Our team works directly with enterprises to design customized solutions. Explore what STN’s enterprise services can do for your organization and how together we can build a stronger, more connected region.
Network Map
Explore over 800+ miles of dark fiber across the Southern Tier of NYS.
Our interactive network map allows you to view the STN network from a regional perspective or you can zoom into any specific area of the network for a more detailed inspection. You can also search by street address or a location name to see the proximity of our fiber network to a specific location of interest.