Grafton Technologies, Inc. • Susan Hamilton & Jennifer Stumpe
Do you know how the internet works? We do!
GTI has been in business for over 100 years! Even more impressive, they have been a family-owned and operated business since the early 1900's. They are currently in their fifth generation of the family business.

They credit their success to the family mantra - treat your employees like family, take care of your customers, and put money back into the "ground" (the business). They consider the value of their company to be how many people they can serve, not how much money is in the bank.

We learned where the internet comes from, carrier hotels, grants, the importance of calling Julie's, difference between fiber and cable internet, backup plans/redundancy in the ground, and so much more!

Fun fact: When creating new infrastructure in new territory, they must have consultants on environmental factors. When they were creating the infrastructure currently in place in Fieldon, they were advised that there is a specific type of worm that they needed to be cautious to move out of the way, to protect it, if they saw it during digging.

Thank you for speaking with us! We learned so much and especially found your ethics to be abundantly evident in your business.