Begins Expansion of Long Haul Route From Spokane to Seattle; Opens Sales
Office in Spokane
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric Lightwave, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ELIX) today announced the completion of a 569-mile long haul fiber
optic route from Portland to Spokane.
The company also announced the opening of a Spokane sales office and the
execution of a contract to construct an additional 300-mile long haul route
from Spokane to Seattle that would complete a northwestern SONET-ring network.
The extension adds another important long haul route to link Electric
Lightwave's northwestern markets.
"This long haul expansion to Spokane and the planned construction to
Seattle is evidence of our growth strategy of interconnecting our major hub
cities and market clusters with facilities-based broadband, long-haul
fiber-optic networks," said Dave Sharkey, Electric Lightwave's president and
chief operating officer.
"In fact," Sharkey added, "with the addition of our sales office in
Spokane, we expect to turn up a full-service switching facility by the end of
the summer. Spokane businesses will have the advantage of using our
high-bandwidth data services as well as local and long distance service from a
single provider."
Electric Lightwave currently operates long haul segments between Portland
and Seattle, Portland and Spokane and Las Vegas and Phoenix. Additional routes
are under construction between Portland and Eugene; and Portland to Los
Angeles via Boise, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
About Electric Lightwave, Inc.
Based in Vancouver, Washington, Electric Lightwave, Inc. is an integrated
communications provider offering local and long-distance telephone,
videoconferencing, prepaid services, data and Internet access services to
business customers throughout the western United States. Visit Electric
Lightwave on the World Wide Web at http://www.eli.net.
SOURCE Electric Lightwave, Inc.
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