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Parsons and Washington State Ferries Launch Wi-Fi Service Dockside at Anacortes

    PASADENA, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Parsons and Washington State
Ferries today announced the commencement of Wi-Fi services at the Anacortes
ferry terminal. Service will be available to users both in the terminal and
automobile holding areas.

    "We're pleased that we could activate Wi-Fi service for Anacortes in
time for the impending crowd of summer visitors bound for the San Juan
Islands," said Bob Davis, Parsons Vice President. "It is our goal to make
Wi-Fi as convenient and accessible to as many travelers as possible."

    Parsons also recently revised Wi-Fi rates and plans to provide ferry
users with a full range of service options. The new plans offer a single,
two-hour session at $3.95; packages of five, ten, or twenty sessions can
bring the two-hour session cost down to $1.50; and unlimited one-day or
one-month plans provide further value options. Plans and service areas can
be viewed at http://www.wsf-wifi.com.

    In addition to the new Anacortes terminal service, Wi-Fi service is
available aboard ferries on the Seattle/Bremerton, Seattle/Bainbridge,
Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth, Edmonds/Kingston, and the Mukilteo/Clinton
routes. Full Wi-Fi service is also provided at the terminals and holding
areas on these routes.

    Parsons operates Wi-Fi installations in 30 airports across the United
States and Canada. Parsons also manages the world's largest railroad Wi-Fi
system, providing service on VIA Rail Canada for more than 460 trains per
week across a 14,000-kilometer network.

    Parsons, celebrating more than 60 years of setting industry standards,
is a leader in many diversified markets such as transportation, water,
construction, education and public buildings, infrastructure, planning,
commercial, industrial manufacturing, communications, environmental,
healthcare, life sciences, critical facilities, nuclear and special
materials, and homeland security. Parsons provides technical and management
solutions to private industrial customers worldwide, as well as federal,
regional, and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please
visit us at http://www.parsons.com.



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    CONTACT:
    Erin Kuhlman, +1-626-440-4590, fax,
    +1-626-440-2650, erin.kuhlman@parsons.com, or Bob Davis,
    +1-949-857-6323, robert.davis@parsons.com, both of Parsons