When I think 'fiber,' I think of a fast, tensile, vaguely biological apparatus whose overarching job is to shunt. For an edgy, thundrous, monosyllabic word, 'Shunt' works quite nicely for an ISP I think. It's fun to say, too: 'Shunt.'
Love the simplicity of it. Could definitely build a strong analogous marketing campaign around laying fiber is to stitching the service together.
Also could go the route of a strand of glass is the thread in which we sew you into the fabric of the Internet but I suspect this would be lost by the average consumer.
I believe FiberOne is already taken by a different type of fiber ;)
It is not important nor a requirement to have the word 'Fiber' in the name. A possibility is to have <epic name> and then attach 'fiber' secondarily (e.g. "Google Fiber").
I've been playing with 'light', 'lumens', 'illuminate' and 'photon' as base words but haven't yet come across something that seems to fit. However I'm always open to any and all suggestions :)
I am less tech savvy than a lot of people here on HN. I had to look up fiber and the first hits were for dietary fiber. But it looks like you mean high speed internet.
If so, I will suggest you go with something that a generic internet user doesn't need to Google to comprehend. I assume you want to sell to everyone, not just tech insiders, since everyone needs internet these days. Plus "Sell to the masses, live with the classes. Sell to the classes, live with the masses."
One of Michigan's state nicknames is "The Wolverine State" and quickhatch is another term for a wolverine. It has the word "quick" in it which gets across the message that fiber = fast. Additionally it's low competition in Google as the only results that come up are a knife company and a few dictionary listings.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 34.5 ms ] threadI wonder if it has too much of a negative tone as it is very similar to 'shun'. Thoughts?
Also could go the route of a strand of glass is the thread in which we sew you into the fabric of the Internet but I suspect this would be lost by the average consumer.
FiberOne
FiberHand (playing off Michigan looks like a hand)
How important is it to have fiber or relations to fiber in the name?
It is not important nor a requirement to have the word 'Fiber' in the name. A possibility is to have <epic name> and then attach 'fiber' secondarily (e.g. "Google Fiber").
Do you want "Fiber" in the name? "Web"? "Internet"? "Michigan"?
(riffing off keane) - FiberStream - EchoLine - CloudLine
There are no inclusion requirements for the name.
FiberUS -- potential for use beyond Michigan.
FiberMi or FiberMI -- could pronounce "me", though might be confusing.
I like ubertaco's "Pure Fiber". I trust you are to the premises? ;-)
I do think that Pure Fiber is a pretty smooth name.
If so, I will suggest you go with something that a generic internet user doesn't need to Google to comprehend. I assume you want to sell to everyone, not just tech insiders, since everyone needs internet these days. Plus "Sell to the masses, live with the classes. Sell to the classes, live with the masses."
So:
Data Demon
Mi Data Demon
Mi Broadband
Mi Internet
Mi-Fi
One of Michigan's state nicknames is "The Wolverine State" and quickhatch is another term for a wolverine. It has the word "quick" in it which gets across the message that fiber = fast. Additionally it's low competition in Google as the only results that come up are a knife company and a few dictionary listings.
Boom. Check please. :)