Total Highspeed Internet Solutions

Total Highspeed Internet Solutions is a locally owned internet service provider based in Nixa, Missouri, that delivers fiber internet to homes and businesses in Southwest Missouri. The company has worked to bring internet access to communities across the Ozarks since 2005, with a particular focus on rural areas. It built its business in wireless internet, using that technology to reach areas where DSL and cable service did not extend, and its wireless service has reached more than 100 cities in Missouri and Arkansas. The company says it was the first in the nation to deploy Motorola Canopy, a fixed wireless broadband platform, in a rural setting.

Its focus has since shifted toward building a fiber optic network, a common path for rural providers because fiber offers greater capacity and faster upload speeds than fixed wireless. The company serves homes and businesses that would otherwise lack access to high-speed service because of where they live, a gap that larger national carriers often leave in low-density areas. It has set a goal of bringing fiber internet to more than 35,000 locations.

Total Highspeed offers residential plans for streaming, gaming and working from home, with fiber service starting at $45 a month. Business service is aimed at video calls, cloud applications, point-of-sale systems and large file transfers. The company frames its approach around local ownership and neighbor-style customer service, an emphasis common among regional providers that compete with national carriers on responsiveness rather than scale.