Ice Streams Systems: web design, development and infrastructure in Michigan

Signal. Structure. Execution.

Precision holds the edge.

Websites, networks and automation for businesses that would rather own their systems than rent them. Built by hand in Southwest Michigan.

STATUSTaking new projects
WE BUILDWebsites, networks, automation
BASED INSouthwest Michigan
REPLIESWithin 24 to 48 hours
// HOW A PROJECT RUNS

From first call to handoff

  1. 01

    Conversation

    A direct talk about what the business needs, and what it should not do. No intake queue.

    You get: a written scope and an exact price.

  2. 02

    Structure and design

    The pages, the words, and a design system: type, color, spacing and components.

    You get: a design you can review on your own phone.

  3. 03

    Build

    Hand-written HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Real pages, a working form, checked for speed and accessibility.

    You get: code you own, with nothing hidden.

  4. 04

    Launch

    Domain, DNS, hosting and business email set up in the same pass, so launch is one event.

    You get: every account written down and owned by you.

  5. 05

    Handoff

    An owner dashboard for prices, hours and requests, plus a plain guide and a design reference.

    You get: the ability to change things without calling anyone.

  6. 06

    Care

    Monitoring, DNS watch and patching on a monthly Care Plan, if you want it.

    You get: no surprises when a certificate or record lapses.

Steps play automatically. Pause any time, or pick a step.

// PROOF, NOT PROMISES

This page against the typical web page

Measured in your browser just now, then raced against the median home page on the web. Pick a connection and a device: the gap in weight stays the same, the seconds change.

Connection
Device

icestreams.iomeasuring…
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Median web page2,559 KB, 75 requests
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// ESTIMATED TIME TO FULLY LOAD on a mid-range phone

SiteWeak phone signalTypical 4GHome Wi-Fi

Weight is measured; seconds are estimates. Each estimate is the time to download every file plus the time for the device to run the page's JavaScript. A page usually shows up before it finishes, so read them as “everything arrived and ready”.

Weak phone signal
1.6 Mbps, 150 ms (Lighthouse Slow 4G)
Typical 4G
9 Mbps, 170 ms (WebPageTest 4G)
Home Wi-Fi
50 Mbps, 20 ms
Yours
The speed your browser reports, when it reports one
Device
The median page’s 632 KB of JavaScript takes about 3 s on a budget phone, 1 s on a mid-range phone, a quarter second on a laptop
Median page
HTTP Archive Web Almanac 2025, July 2025 mobile crawl
// NAVIGATE

Site sections

Have something that should run better?

A website that loads before the customer gives up, a network that is written down, a report nobody retypes. Tell us what is slowing you down and you get a plain answer within 24 to 48 hours.