About ViaNet ViaNet was founded in 1994 by Joe McGuckin. Since then ViaNet has grown from a small office on Pear Avenue in Mt. View, California, providing internet access to start up companies in the Linux development community to a regional ISP serving customers in the greater San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles. ViaNets fiber connection to the Palo Alto Internet Exchange ( PAIX ) allows it to offer customers a network that is fast and reliable.