About Us

A Pittsburgh company

Established in 1997, DQE is a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light Holdings. Pittsburgh is our home, and we are dedicated to the vitality of our region and the businesses here.

Businesses today need the fastest data speeds possible, the highest level of service reliability, and the most dependable support.

Discover the DQE difference

• Customization
  DQE provides flexible, customized solutions for organizations of every size, providing unrestricted bandwidth and scalability.
• Speed
  With DQE, you get networking at the highest committed speeds with unrestricted symmetrical upload/download speeds from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps.
• Reliability
  DQE’s self-healing, fiber optic, ring-based architecture offers superior redundancy; in the event of a fiber cut, the network automatically detects and redirects to maintain continuous service.
• Support
  DQE provides experienced, dependable and local support 24x7x365.

DQE presently operates throughout 12 counties in southwestern PA: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland.

Network Highlights

• 3050+ route miles
• 1370 on-net buildings
• 33 business parks
• 15 data centers
• Multiple hub sites