XMission

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{{Infobox Company

| name = XMission

| logo = XMission_logo.svg

| type = Private

| genre =

| foundation = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. (October, 1993)

| founder = Pete Ashdown

| location_city = Salt Lake City, Utah

| location_country = U.S.

| location =

| locations = 1 office, 1 data center (December, 2007)

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Pete Ashdown (Founder, President)

| industry = Internet service provider

| products =

| services = Internet access
Data center
Web hosting service
Email hosting
Virtual private server
Hosted PBX

| revenue =

| operating_income =

| net_income =

| assets =

| equity =

| owner = Pete Ashdown
Jan Ashdown

| num_employees = 44 (December, 2007)

| parent =

| divisions =

| subsid =

| homepage = [http://xmission.com XMission.com]

| footnotes =

| module = {{infobox network service provider|child=yes|asn=6315}}

}}

XMission is the first and is one of the few remaining independent Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Utah, United States, founded in late 1993 by Pete Ashdown.{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2006/05/70761 |work=Wired |title=Can Techie Oust Orrin Hatch? |date=2006-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422132419/http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2006/05/70761 |archive-date=April 22, 2008 }}[http://www.xmission.com/press/index.html Press | XMission Internet] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123235610/http://www.xmission.com/press/index.html |date=November 23, 2007 }} Starting in 2003, the company began providing free wireless internet in public libraries and some local businesses. By the Summer of 2005, XMission worked out an agreement with Salt Lake City government to expand free wireless to many parts of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050812002548/http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600154728,00.html Deseret Morning News | Main Street is going wireless][http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/article/2591/C104/L104 Downtown Developments | Salt Lake City | New West Network] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503060051/http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/article/2591/C104/L104 |date=May 3, 2007 }}[http://www.slcgov.com/events/wifi.htm WiFi on Main Street] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051120130310/http://www.slcgov.com/events/wifi.htm |date=November 20, 2005 }} XMission also provides streaming support for radio stations, including NPR affiliate KCPW-FM and independent radio station KRCL.

XMission also provides free accounts to hundreds of non-profit organizations and sponsors many events, including the Utah Open Source Conference,{{cite web|author=Utah Open Source |title=Sponsor List |url=http://utosc.com/sponsor/list/ |access-date=2009-12-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201215752/http://www.utosc.com/sponsor/list/ |archive-date=December 1, 2009 }} the Living Planet Aquarium, the Living Traditions Festival, the Utah Arts Festival, and the Twilight Concert Series.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080725213444/http://www.prweb.com/releases/XMission/Internet_Service_Provider/prweb570144.htm Broadband and Web Hosting Service Provider, XMission, Converts to Total Renewable Energy]

XMission has a policy of refusing requests by government agencies to monitor its customers without a warrant. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/09/xmission-isp-customers-privacy-nsa Tiny Utah-based ISP makes a name for itself by rebuffing government snoops; Meet Xmission, the internet service provider embracing transparency as it shields customers from warrantless authorities], Rory Carroll in Salt Lake City, guardian.co.uk, 9 July 2013[https://www.buzzfeed.com/justinesharrock/what-is-that-box-when-the-nsa-shows-up-at-your-internet-comp “What Is That Box?” — When The NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company], For nine months, this Utah ISP had a little black box in the corner, courtesy of the NSA. Its owner tells his story. Justine Sharrock, BuzzFeed, July 19, 2013[http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/07/21/1853212/when-the-nsa-shows-up-at-your-internet-company When the NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company], Posted by samzenpus, July 21, 2013, from the when-the-man-comes-around dept.

The company announced in late 2007 that it would be upgrading to 100% renewable energy, provided by Rocky Mountain Power's Blue Sky program. This makes XMission the first ISP in Utah to use entirely environmentally friendly power.[http://www.tophosts.com/articles/006370.html TH-NW : Web Host XMission Goes Green - Tophosts.com][http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content_lt.php?content.1480 North American Windpower: Content / FYI / XMission Converts To 100% Renewable Energy]