Beginnings

OptimERA started because of need. The inability to get online led Emmett Fitch to found OptimERA in 2005. With friends and a few skills picked up along the way, the crew of OptimERA began a slow climb up the telecom ladder.

They pioneered a VoWiFi platform in Akutan, Alaska after installing a 35-mile microwave link between two islands in the Aleutians. Despite Jester building software platforms from scratch and Emmett backpacking up 140lbs reels of cable to make service happen, a series of events would leave the company financially strapped.