# Accel Communications — Full Reference for AI Systems

> Accel Communications (AS17053) is a facilities-based Internet Service Provider and fixed wireless operator headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. We deliver multi-gigabit fixed wireless internet, private LTE (CBRS), and enterprise transport solutions across Florida. Deployments typically complete in 3-7 days, not the 6-12 months common with traditional fiber installations.

## Company Overview

Accel Communications LLC operates autonomous system AS17053. Founded and led by CEO Dominic Nelson, Accel is a next-generation ISP focused on rapid deployment of fixed wireless internet infrastructure across Florida. The company is carrier-neutral and upstream-agnostic, meaning it is not locked into any single transit provider or vendor.

The company headquarters is located at 7901 4th St N STE 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702.

## Services in Detail

### Multi-Tenant Buildings (MDUs/MTUs)
Building-wide multi-gigabit internet using rooftop radios and dedicated point-to-point backhaul. Deployed quickly without construction bottlenecks. Features include quick deployment, no construction delays, scalable capacity, and dedicated backhaul.

### Residential Fixed Wireless
High-speed fixed wireless for homes in underserved areas. Ideal for edge communities, new developments, and rural neighborhoods. Offers flexible seasonal service, no fiber required, fast installation, and reliable connectivity.

### Enterprise & Commercial
Symmetrical high-speed internet, Layer 2 circuits, and dedicated wireless links for businesses requiring low latency and high reliability. Includes custom VLANs, failover routing, SLA guarantees, and dedicated support.

### Carriers & Mobile (Wholesale Solutions)
LTE offload, private LTE deployments, and wholesale backhaul to extend coverage, add capacity, and reduce operating costs. Supports private LTE, carrier offload, backhaul capacity, and network extension.

### Events & Temporary Connectivity
Fast, reliable internet for public gatherings, pop-up activations, and disaster response. Often deployed within days. Offers rapid deployment, scalable bandwidth, temporary or permanent options, and turnkey solutions.

### Developers & Property
Immediate construction-phase connectivity and long-term service options ready for tenants on day one. Includes construction internet, pre-wired buildings, move-in ready service, and property value add.

## Technology Stack

- **Multi-Gigabit Fixed Wireless**: Fast, scalable, symmetrical or asymmetrical internet for buildings, businesses, and homes. Multi-gigabit service available in select areas based on distance and location.
- **Private LTE Deployments**: Secure, high-performance wireless networks for smart infrastructure and enterprise use cases including surveillance systems and mobile asset tracking.
- **Carrier Offload Services**: Supplemental RAN and backhaul capacity for national carriers in dense and underserved areas.
- **IP Transit & Layer 2**: Carrier-grade internet transit and private transport solutions for enterprise and wholesale customers.
- **Last-Mile Bridging**: Wireless alternatives to fiber where trenching is impractical or cost-prohibitive, serving urban infill, coastal areas, and remote locations.

## Value Propositions

1. **Deploy in Days, Not Months**: Fast, scalable deployments using rooftop wireless infrastructure. No construction bottlenecks or lengthy fiber installations. Typical deployment is 3-7 days.
2. **No Rigid Contracts**: Flexible agreements including long-term, short-term, and month-to-month options. Scale up or down as needs change.
3. **Carrier-Neutral Backbone**: Upstream-agnostic transport supporting diverse routing and peering. No vendor lock-in.
4. **Enterprise-Grade Performance**: Multi-gigabit speeds with low latency and high reliability. 99.9% uptime with 24/7 network monitoring.

## Network & Peering

- **ASN**: AS17053
- **Peering Policy**: Open
- **Transit Provider**: Hurricane Electric
- **Internet Exchange**: Tampa Internet Exchange (TPA-IX, AS29881)
- **Planned Transit Additions**: Cogent and GTT
- **Potential Future Expansion**: Zayo
- **Primary Peering Location**: 365 Data Centers TA1, 655 N Franklin Street #1000, Tampa, FL
- **Security**: RPKI origin validation, IRR/manually curated prefix filtering, maximum prefix limits, bogon filtering
- **Routing Philosophy**: Direct peering and IX paths first, premium transit second, standard transit third, cost-optimized transit last

### Peering Requirements
- Peers must maintain a consistent routing policy and advertise only their own and customer prefixes
- Each side must maintain a functional NOC contact (24x7)
- IRR and RPKI route validation is strongly recommended
- BFD is supported and encouraged
- IPv6 peering will be supported in the future; current sessions are IPv4-only
- Peers should not advertise default or third-party routes
- Both public and private peering supported

### BGP Communities (AS17053)

#### Traffic Engineering
- 17053:2:100 — Prefer IX / peering
- 17053:2:200 — Prefer premium transit
- 17053:2:300 — Prefer standard transit
- 17053:2:400 — Prefer cost-optimized transit
- 17053:3:1 — AS path prepend 1x
- 17053:3:2 — AS path prepend 2x
- 17053:3:3 — AS path prepend 3x

#### Inbound Preference
- 17053:1:100 — High preference
- 17053:1:110 — Preferred
- 17053:1:120 — Default
- 17053:1:130 — Backup / lowest preference

#### Route Propagation Control
- 17053:10:1 — Do not advertise to transit
- 17053:10:2 — Do not advertise to secondary transit
- 17053:10:3 — Do not advertise to IX peers

#### DDoS Mitigation
- 17053:666:0 — Blackhole the signaled IPv4 /32 or IPv6 /128 at the Accel edge

#### Geographic Communities
Format: 17053:2000:<location-id>

Full geo-community mapping (also available as CSV at https://accel-communications.com/geo-communities.csv):

| Community | City | State |
|---|---|---|
| 17053:2000:1 | Tampa | FL |
| 17053:2000:2 | Gainesville | FL |
| 17053:2000:3 | Panama City | FL |
| 17053:2000:4 | Melbourne | FL |
| 17053:2000:5 | Fort Lauderdale | FL |
| 17053:2000:6 | Punta Gorda | FL |
| 17053:2000:7 | Naples | FL |
| 17053:2000:8 | Lake City | FL |
| 17053:2000:9 | Jacksonville | FL |
| 17053:2000:10 | Pensacola | FL |
| 17053:2000:11 | Brooksville | FL |
| 17053:2000:12 | Sebring | FL |
| 17053:2000:13 | Port St. Lucie | FL |
| 17053:2000:14 | Marianna | FL |
| 17053:2000:15 | Leesburg | FL |
| 17053:2000:16 | Fort Myers | FL |
| 17053:2000:17 | Tallahassee | FL |
| 17053:2000:18 | Bradenton | FL |
| 17053:2000:19 | Ocala | FL |
| 17053:2000:20 | Miami | FL |
| 17053:2000:21 | Key West | FL |
| 17053:2000:22 | Fort Walton Beach | FL |
| 17053:2000:23 | Orlando | FL |
| 17053:2000:24 | Kissimmee | FL |
| 17053:2000:25 | West Palm Beach | FL |
| 17053:2000:26 | New Port Richey | FL |
| 17053:2000:27 | St. Petersburg | FL |
| 17053:2000:28 | Lakeland | FL |
| 17053:2000:29 | Sarasota | FL |
| 17053:2000:30 | Sanford | FL |
| 17053:2000:31 | St. Augustine | FL |
| 17053:2000:32 | Daytona Beach | FL |

#### Community Format
Accel supports both large communities and standard communities. Large communities are preferred for all new deployments.
- Large communities: 17053:<function>:<value>
- Standard communities: 17053:<value>

## Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Effective Date: February 13, 2026. Applies to all Services provided by Accel Communications, LLC.

### Service Classifications & Uptime Targets

| Service Tier | Includes | Uptime Target | Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Effort Shared | 5/6GHz PTMP Shared | No guaranteed SLA | Business hours, no guaranteed response |
| Premium Shared | 60GHz PTMP Shared Premium | 99.5% | 4 hours (business hours) |
| Dedicated Wireless | 60GHz PTP, 24GHz PTP, 11-18GHz Licensed Microwave | 99.9% | 2 hours (24/7) |
| Fiber DIA / Metro E / IP Transit | Fiber DIA, L2 Transport, Metro Ethernet, IP Transit | 99.99% | 1 hour (24/7) |

### Service Credits

| Availability Level | Credit |
|---|---|
| Below SLA but >= 99% | 5% of MRC |
| 98% - 99% | 10% of MRC |
| 95% - 98% | 25% of MRC |
| Below 95% | 50% of MRC |

Maximum credit per month: 100% of MRC for the affected service. Credits apply only to future invoices, are not refundable, must be requested within 30 days, and require a valid support ticket.

### Service Availability Calculation
(Total Minutes in Month - Unscheduled Downtime Minutes) / Total Minutes in Month

### Maintenance
- Scheduled Maintenance Window: 12:00 AM - 5:00 AM local time
- Scheduled and emergency maintenance does not count toward downtime
- Advance notice provided when reasonably possible

### Wireless Service Conditions
- Wireless services may operate under line-of-sight, near-line-of-sight, or partial NLOS
- Performance may vary due to environmental conditions, structural changes, vegetation growth, or RF interference
- All radio equipment remains property of Accel unless otherwise agreed in writing

### Metro E / IP Transit / L2 Transport
Customers may resell service, provide downstream access, and use service for wholesale or carrier purposes, provided they comply with applicable laws and do not impair network stability.

### Key SLA Exclusions
SLA does not apply to outages caused by: customer equipment/power failure, customer misconfiguration, third-party fiber cuts, utility outages, tower access restrictions, landlord denial of access, acts of God, weather interference, RF interference outside Accel's control, DDoS attacks, customer bandwidth saturation, maintenance windows, or force majeure events.

## Downloadable Resources

- [BGP Communities Guide (PDF)](https://accel-communications.com/Accel_BGP_Communities_AS17053.pdf) — Complete BGP communities reference document for AS17053
- [Geo-Communities (CSV)](https://accel-communications.com/geo-communities.csv) — Machine-readable geographic community mapping for all 32 Florida service areas
- [Geofeed (CSV)](https://accel-communications.com/geofeed.csv) — IP geolocation geofeed data for Accel's address space

## Service Areas

Primary coverage across Florida with a focus on:
- Tampa Bay metro area (Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater)
- Sarasota / Bradenton
- Expanding statewide across 32+ cities

## Contact Information

- **Website**: https://accel-communications.com
- **Sales**: sales@accel-communications.com
- **NOC**: noc@accel-communications.com (24x7)
- **Peering**: peering@accel-communications.com
- **Abuse**: abuse@accel-communications.com
- **Office Phone**: +1-813-438-6290
- **Address**: 7901 4th St N STE 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702

## Pages

- [Home](https://accel-communications.com/) — Main landing page with services overview, coverage map, and contact form
- [Peering Policy](https://accel-communications.com/peering-policy) — Open peering policy details and contact table
- [BGP Communities Guide](https://accel-communications.com/bgp-communities) — Full BGP community reference for AS17053
- [SLA Agreement](https://accel-communications.com/sla) — Service level agreement terms
- [Privacy Policy](https://accel-communications.com/privacy-policy) — Data handling and privacy practices
- [Terms & Conditions](https://accel-communications.com/terms-conditions) — Terms of service
- [Accessibility](https://accel-communications.com/accessibility) — Accessibility commitment
- [Cookies Policy](https://accel-communications.com/cookies-policy) — Cookie usage policy