Top Internet Backbone Provider Continues to Expand Nationwide
VANCOUVER, Wash. April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric Lightwave Inc.
(Nasdaq: ELIX), one of the nation's robust Tier One Internet providers, today
announced the availability of its high-speed data and Internet access services
in Cleveland and Philadelphia. These cities are part of the company's plan to
expand its national backbone.
"By connecting Cleveland and Philadelphia to our broadband network, area
businesses now have greater bandwidth for all their data and Internet needs,"
said Trent Anderson, regional sales vice president for Electric Lightwave.
"The availability of a high-quality broadband network is especially important
with the growing number of users that conduct business transactions over the
Internet."
Houston, Austin and Boston will be deployed by the end of the year.
Current offices include San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas,
Dallas, Denver, Chicago, New York, Washington D.C. and Atlanta. The company
also owns and operates MANs (Metro-Area Networks) in Seattle, Spokane, Wash.,
Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho.
Data services now available in Cleveland and Philadelphia include frame
relay, point-to-point private lines, dedicated access, ATM (Asynchronous
Transfer Mode), TLS (Transparent LAN Services) and RSVP (Remote Systems
Virtual Portal), a remote Internet dialup service.
With recognition as a top Internet backbone provider by Boardwatch
Magazine, Electric Lightwave is at the forefront of bringing fast and reliable
data transmission to businesses nationwide.
"Our goal is to provide data and Internet services coast-to-coast, so that
we can be the provider of choice for all businesses," said Anderson.
For more information about services in Cleveland, please call Chris
Johnson at 312-565-8200; for Philadelphia, contact Mark Harrington at
703-758-3505. To explore Electric Lightwave's data and Internet access
services, go to http://data.eli.net.
About Electric Lightwave
Electric Lightwave, Inc. is the leading integrated communications provider
of enhanced data services, frame relay, ATM and Internet access solutions to
bandwidth intensive businesses and the growing e-commerce market. The company
offers long distance, data and prepaid services nationwide. As a full-service
provider, the company offers local, long distance, videoconferencing and
high-speed broadband transport via an expanding fiber optic network that
interconnects major markets in the West. Headquartered in Vancouver,
Washington, the company is on the World Wide Web at http://www.eli.net.
SOURCE Electric Lightwave Inc.
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CONTACT:
Enid Lamey, 360-816-4682, or
enid_lamey@eli.net, or Jack Hardy, 360-816-3602, or
jack_hardy@eli.net, both of Electric Lightwave Inc.
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