Southern California Telephone Company (SCTC) is an Internet service provider company that has a regional presence in Southern California and provides broadband Internet access. SCTC is an Internet service provider of fiber optic and DSL Internet connections to homes and companies in the metropolitan counties of San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial. It was started in 1998 and is situated in San Diego. Fiber optic internet offered by SCTC can reach up to 1 Gbps, making it among the fastest connections in Southern California. SCTC owns it, and it is not as large as the big national providers but grows as SCTC plans for the future and aims to provide better and faster connections to the people. The primary disadvantage of DSL is that it offers slower data transmission rates than cable, but this service is more available. The integration of phone, TV, and security services with the Internet is a prevalent factor since customers seek ease and cheaper prices in the packages that SCTC sells. For such problems as disruption of Internet services, the company has local field technicians who provide round-the-clock client service and prefer first-call dispatch and prompt service. Despite being a regional company, SCTC relies on partnerships to facilitate statewide caller identification and extend national reach to clients for email and web browsing through tier 1 Internet service providers. SCTC envisions bringing support to local communities in Southern California and being able to offer good communication services for several years in the future.