Power Shift Online began in 1992 as a small computer services company in Montreal, Canada. Joe Allen, the current company president, teamed up with an old friend Anthony Dodd, and formed Power Shift Computer Services, providing mostly business customers in the U.S. and Canada with PC sales and service. The following year they offered Internet access and a full range of related services.

In 1995 Allen sold the computer side of the business to his partner and moved to Stowe, Vermont. Re-incorporated as Power Shift Online Services, Allen concentrated solely on providing Internet services to the Stowe region, including website hosting, ISDN network connections, e-mail, message forums, etc. At that time the company maintained just four "POTS," otherwise known as plain old telephone lines.

Within a year, Power Shift Online had expanded to 25 phone lines and enlarged its local dial-up service area to include the state capital, Montpelier, and other outlying areas. It also added NT servers and more advanced website hosting.
Power Shift began the year 2000 with perhaps its most important "growth spurt" yet: national dial-up access. Power Shift now provides unlimited Internet access accounts throughout the U.S. and Canada, meaning, in effect, Power Shift is now a "one-stop-Internet shop" for all its subscribers.

Presently, Power Shift is a full service Internet Service Provider (ISP) and also a CLEC. We provide Broadband services, DSL, Fixed Wireless, CO-Location, and T1’s. Our personal service shines in our Web Site Hosting and advanced E-Mail services. This allows Power Shift to host websites for corporations in Mexico, Canada, as well as the U.S. We have not forgotten our roots in serving over 7,000 dialup customers with v.92 digital phone lines providing local dial-up throughout much of the United States and Canada.

As a well-capitalized, expertly staffed ISP, Power Shift is committed to growing apace with the Internet. But it is equally committed to remaining faithful to its founding premise: shifting power to its customers. Power Shift delivers on this commitment through its highly personalized approach to service, technical support and customer education.