Local, not corporate
We live here. We work here. We answer the phone here.
About Wisper
Local service. Real people. Reliable internet.
Wisper was built to bring dependable internet to communities that deserve better, with friendly support and no-nonsense service.
How Wisper started
In 2003, founder and CEO Nathan Stooke helped a neighbor two miles down the road get online and realized how many people nearby still could not. He and his wife maxed out their credit cards. He launched Wisper from a 1986 Honda Accord with a fold-up ladder, in O'Fallon, Illinois.
Twenty-two years later, Wisper serves more than 20,000 subscribers across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Indiana, and Oklahoma, and employs more than 200 people. The focus is still the towns larger providers skip.
In 2018, Wisper was awarded $220.3 million through the FCC Connect America Fund Phase II auction, which sped up the work of closing that gap. The company still treats internet like a utility: it should be there when you need it.
What makes Wisper different
Built for reliability
Engineered networks, proactive monitoring, and no overselling the speed on the plan.
Real customer support
No endless phone tree. People who can actually help.
Fiber and fixed wireless
Fiber where it is built, and fixed wireless for communities still waiting on that build.
Showing up in town
Being local means showing up. Wisper sponsors school programs, youth sports, community events, and nonprofits. The point is the relationship, not the logo on a banner. When those towns grow, Wisper grows with them.
The office is at 9711 Fuesser Rd., Mascoutah, IL62258. Sales is 844-765-0880. Customer service is 800-765-7772.
How the company works
Focused on the customer
True North is the customer experience. Customers are not a number. They are the reason Wisper is here.
Driven to a solution
Stay with a problem until it is solved, even when it has layers.
Serving one another
See a need and help before someone has to ask. That includes the person on the other end of the phone.
Humbly confident
Humility without insecurity. Confidence without arrogance.
Life-long learners
Keep going farther. The work of connecting rural towns does not sit still.
Want to work here?See careers at Wisper.