Allied Telecom is a regional, privately held and minority-owned Internet Service provider headquartered in downtown Washington, DC. Allied started in 1990 as a systems integrator providing the foundation and full understanding of the network, LAN to WAN. Since 1996, Allied has been powering businesses with superior Internet and Data Transport solutions. Operating as a facilities-based competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), Allied independently builds and maintains its own network and is not dependent on other telecom carriers nor constrained by their limitations.