Efficient utilities and state-of-the-art telecommunication infrastructure make Jacksonville a smart choice for business.

Utilities:

JEA is the consolidated provider of electricity, water and sewer for Jacksonville.  Because JEA is a consolidated provider, rates are extremely competitive to other regions. http://www.jea.com/

Electricity: 
JEA electric system currently serves more than 360,000 customers in Jacksonville and parts of three adjacent counties. JEA has the capacity to generate about 3,200 megawatts through its power plants and through power purchase agreements with other utilities. JEA owns and operates three generating plants and all transmission and distribution facilities. A fourth power plant, the St. Johns River Power Park (SJRPP), is owned jointly by JEA and the Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and operated by JEA.

Water and Sewer:
JEA's water system serves more than 240,000 water customers and 186,000 sewer customers. Unlike any other communities in Florida, Jacksonville has excess water capacity. JEA's Water System consists of 150 artesian wells tapping the Floridian Aquifer, which is one of the world's most productive aquifers. Water is distributed through 44 water treatment plants and 3,480 miles of water lines. More than 2,500 miles of collection lines and six regional sewer treatment plants comprise the JEA sewer system.

Natural Gas:

People's Gas provides natural gas service for Jacksonville, which is presently or readily available at most industrial parks.

http://www.peoplesgas.com/business/

Telecommunications:
BellSouth
Jacksonville's local phone provider to business and residential customers as well as internet, Frame Relay Service, Managed Network VPN, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) service, Primary Rate ISDN (PRI) service, full-duplex, intraLATA, private-line, digital transport service operating at up to 1.544 MBPS, self-healing fiber routes, Dedicated Internet Access, FastAccess Telecommute, FastAccess Business DSL and VoIP.  http://www.bellsouth.com/

Comcast
Jacksonville's local cable provider to business and residential customers as well as digital phone service, broadband and digital internet and small business packages with connection speeds up to 8 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. http://www.comcast.com/

Verizon
Provides companies with digital phone, internet, VoIP, IP Flexible T1, IP Integrated Access, Hosted IP Centrex, IP Trunking, Managed IP PBX, Professional Services, VPN, Frame Relay, Secure Gateway, ATM, Private Line, Ethernet Services, DSL, Dedicated Access, Transaction Services and Satellite Services. http://www.verizon.com/

Telcove
Offers companies in Jacksonville a fully redundant SONET-based network of more than 22,000 route miles of local and long haul fiber. It is a provider of business-critical telecommunications services offering enterprises dedicated internet, data, and voice solutions via its reliable, secure metropolitan and intercity fiber-optic network.  http://www.telcove.com/

FPL Fiber Net
Florida network of high quality ANSI/SONET transport (DS1 to OC192), ETSI/SDH transport (E1 to STM-64), SONET to SDH internetworking (STM-1c to OC3c), Metro and long-haul wavelengths (2.5 G/ps and 10 G/ps), Metro and long-haul Ethernet (10/100/1000), Layer 2/3 IP VPN's, Dedicated Internet access, Native SAN transport (ESCON, FICON, Fibre Channel), FTTx Solutions, Microwave solutions (Point-to-point microwave solutions), Co-location services as well as metro dark fiber. www.fplfibernet.com

Xspedius Communications
An integrated telecommunications services to small- to medium-sized enterprises ("SME") in the Southern United States. Xspedius has a core data hub in Jacksonville as well as metro fiber and voice services. http://www.xspedius.com/