Company Also Ranks 14th in Data Comm's Top 25 ISPs; Cleveland-based ISP
Supports Electric Lightwave as a Premier Internet Backbone Provider
VANCOUVER, Wash., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric Lightwave Inc.
(Nasdaq: ELIX), a leading integrated communications provider, upholds its
claim as a top Internet backbone player once again.
Of the 43 wholesale Internet Service Providers (ISPs) profiled in
Boardwatch Magazine's Directory of ISPs, Electric Lightwave ranked fifth,
topping AT&T with 472 backbone market share connections. And despite merger
and acquisition trends, Electric Lightwave is among the rising "Next Gen"
telcos that are dominating a larger portion of the wholesale bandwidth
business, according to Bill McCarthy, editor-in-chief at Boardwatch Magazine
(http://www.isplist.com).
"Electric Lightwave consistently ranks among the top Internet backbone
providers in the country," said McCarthy.
"We see ourselves as a leader in our own right," said Dave Sharkey,
president and chief operating officer at Electric Lightwave. "This
recognition supports our capability to provide mission critical applications
to a larger number of content providers."
The company also ranked 14th in Data Communications' Top 25 ISPs,
servicing the most Web sites for marketing and corporate information. And
based on these findings, Electric Lightwave is second in providing backbone
for this type of information (http://www.data.com).
Cleveland-based Ameriserv.net, an official Keynote Systems testing
facility, one of 200 located throughout the world, backs Electric Lightwave's
claims.
"As a retail ISP, it is imperative to have a dependable Internet backbone
provider that can sustain heavy Internet traffic," said Greg Olson, president
of Ameriserv.net. "We chose Electric Lightwave strictly based upon the
company's ability to test favorably within the top five wholesale ISPs in the
world for price, performance and reliability."
About Ameriserv.net
Founded in 1994, Ameriserv.net is a Cleveland-based Internet Service
Provider offering superior Internet solutions to businesses nationwide.
Services include Web development, hosting & access (dedicated lines,
co-location, dedicated ISDN, domain setup, etc.), and a sleuth of Web
technologies (e-mail, browser, search engines, plug-ins, etc.). The company
also offers custom-built computers. For more information, Ameriserv.net is
located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ameriserv.net or by calling 216-274-0555.
About Electric Lightwave
Electric Lightwave Inc. is a 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
provides long distance, data and prepaid services nationwide, with data
points-of-presence in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas,
Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, San
Jose and Washington, D.C.
As a full-service provider, the company offers businesses local, long
distance and prepaid telephone service, videoconferencing and high-speed
broadband transport that interconnects major markets in the West, including
Seattle, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Boise, Spokane and Portland,
Ore.
Headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., the company employs 1,200 and earned
revenues of $101 million in 1998, up 65 percent from 1997. Additional
information about Electric Lightwave Inc. is located on the World Wide Web at
http://www.eli.net.
SOURCE Electric Lightwave Inc.
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CONTACT:
Enid Lamey of Electric Lightwave Inc.,
360-816-4682, or pager, 800-368-9102, or enid_lamey@eli.net
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