Local Service. Real People. Reliable Internet.
We built Wisper to deliver dependable internet to communities that deserve better, with friendly support and no-nonsense service.
Neighbors Connecting Neighbors
How and Why Wisper Was Created
Back in 2003, CEO & Founder Nathan Stooke helped a neighbor two miles down the road get internet and quickly realized many others nearby were still unconnected. Determined to fix that, he convinced his wife to max out their credit cards and launched Wisper from his 1986 Honda Accord with a fold-up ladder.
Twenty-two years later, Wisper serves more than 20,000 subscribers across six states and employs over 200 people. From its humble beginnings in O’Fallon, Illinois, the company has expanded throughout Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Indiana, and Oklahoma, focusing on communities often overlooked by larger providers.
In 2018, Wisper was awarded $220.3 million through the Federal Communications Commission Connect America Fund Phase II Auction, accelerating its mission to close the digital divide.
Today, Wisper remains committed to delivering reliable, high-speed internet to underserved communities – because we believe internet should be as dependable as any essential utility.
What Makes Us Different
• Local, Not Corporate – We live here. We work here. We answer the phone here.
• Built for Reliability – Engineered networks. Proactive monitoring. No overselling speeds.
• Real Customer Support – No endless phone trees. Real people who care.
• Expanding Fiber + Fixed Wireless – Future-focused technology built for today’s needs.
• Community-Focused – Events, partnerships, sponsorships, and local investment.
More Than an Internet Company
Investing in the Communities We Serve
At Wisper, we believe being local means showing up.
From school programs and youth sports to community events and nonprofit partnerships, we’re proud to support the people and organizations that make our towns stronger. Our sponsorships aren’t just about logos — they’re about relationships.
When our communities grow, we grow with them.
Our Values
Focused on Customer Experience
True North is our customer experience. Customers are not a number, they are the reason we are here. Each customer big or small is important and our actions every day help them Love to Wisper even more.
Driven to Solution
Focus on solutions rather than problems. It means having a spirit of perseverance and not giving up easily, not stopping until a problem is solved. Even when the problem seems complex and there are many layers, not letting that stop you.
Serving One Another
What can we do to help? Seeing a need and helping before someone has to ask for it. We are servant leaders that value helping each other even when it is not our job.
Humbly Confident
Humility is freedom from arrogance, not a feeling of insecurity or inadequacy. Confidence is freedom from self-doubt, not pride or self-aggrandizement.
Life-Long Learners
We deliberately focus on the ongoing and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge. As life-long learners, we are not content to stay where we are at, but continually strive to go farther in that endless frontier known as learning.
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Join Our Team
Wisper is a family of humbly confident life-long learners, driving to solution and continuously committing to serve one another in the relentless pursuit of a better customer experience.
Find Your Career at Wisper Internet
Do you fit our core values? If so, we are looking for you! Overall, we want you to:
- Love doing all you can for the customer
- Grow by collaborating with others
- Don’t stop until you’ve found the perfect solution
- Love learning
Full Time Perks and Benefits
- Basic Life and AD&D
- Health insurance
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Voluntary 401k
- Generous benefit time schedule including PTO time, your birthday off and holidays
- 1 additional month paid after 7 years