Wellfleet Communications

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Wellfleet Communications Inc.
Type Defunct
Founded 1986
Headquarters Billerica, Massachusetts, US
Key people CEO Paul Severino
Industry Computer networking

Wellfleet Communications was an Internet router company based in Billerica, Massachusetts. In 1994, it merged with SynOptics of Santa Clara, Calif. to form Bay Networks. Bay Networks was acquired in 1996 by Nortel

Wellfleet was ranked the fastest-growing company in the United States by Fortune magazine in both 1992 and 1993, the first company to achieve the feat.

Wellfleet's chief rival was Cisco of San Jose, Calif.