About Discount Telecom

Discount Telecom was established in 1989 by Shawn Turner to provide local businesses and organizations with Telephone Systems and Cabling Services at discount prices. Since that time, the company has grown significantly and in 2000, the Computer Network division was opened to compliment the phone and cabling divisions. This makes Discount Telecom one of only a few companies in this area that can service all of your office communications and network requirements from one place.



The President

Shawn Turneris the founder and President and has been a technician since the age of 16. He has developed a substantial customer base of clients in the Sarasota, Manatee & Charlotte county areas. This customer base has grown on the honest advice by Shawn to his customers and by an unmatched desire to provide the best support services in the area.

Shawn has overseen the installation of thousands of phone system and cabling installations for established businesses & organizations, including startups. He has established close contacts with the competitive local exchange carriers such as Paetec (USLEC), Nuvox, Deltacom and Verizon, to ensure smooth installations.


Network Division

The computer network division on Discount Telecom was established to compliment the telephone and cabling divisions.

The network division is a full service operation providing a wide range of services including
new computer network deployments, network upgrades, network site surveys, evaluations, maintenance and emergency response services (both onsite and remotely).

In 2006, Discount Telecom reached Microsoft Gold Certified Partnerstatus which is the highest level of partnership with Microsoft.