Electric Lightwave Continues National Expansion and Brings Fiber Optic Network
For High-Speed Data and Internet Access to Chicago-Area Businesses
CHICAGO, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric Lightwave Inc. (Nasdaq: ELIX),
one of the nation's leading integrated communications providers, today
announced the deployment of its high-speed data and Internet access services
to Chicago-area businesses. Electric Lightwave delivers high-speed Internet
access to help business customers overcome bandwidth constraints, as well as
enable them to select the level of service needed to conduct reliable, ultra
high-speed data transmission.
With its national fiber optic route that has the capacity to support fast
and reliable data transmission, the Electric Lightwave Chicago office will
offer Midwest areas high-speed Internet access and data services, including
frame relay, point-to-point private lines, Remote NetConnect, ATM
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and Transparent LAN (Local Area Network)
Services. Electric Lightwave is expanding to the Chicago area to bring its
business communications solutions nationwide, transporting large data across
the country for its increasing customer base.
With the installation of redundant routing equipment, Chicago is an
Internet "Super POP," providing key connections to the Internet through
Network Access Points (NAPs) and peering with other national carriers.
"Our high-speed network is specifically designed to meet the local
business community's current and future demand for more bandwidth capacity,"
said Ken Nordine, Jr., Electric Lightwave's regional general manager. "We're
spearheading the initiative to offer Midwest businesses easier ways to
communicate. Our network delivers the flexibility to utilize one source for
all their data and emerging transmission needs."
In addition to the Chicago office, the company's national expansion
includes offering data and Internet access services to Las Vegas, Denver,
New York, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Diego,
Cleveland, Philadelphia and Boston. Electric Lightwave boasts one of the top
national Internet backbones in the nation, according to Boardwatch Magazine.
"With nationwide access to our high-speed network, plus data and Internet
access services, Chicago-area businesses will have one of the nation's most
dependable networks working their side," added Nordine.
For more information about national data services in Chicago, businesses
can contact Ken Nordine, Jr. at 312-751-5400.
About Electric Lightwave
Electric Lightwave Inc. is an integrated communications provider offering
data and Internet access solutions to businesses nationwide. In the western
United States, the company is a full-service provider offering local and long
distance telephone service, videoconferencing, prepaid services and broadband
transport services to business customers in Seattle, Portland, Ore.,
Sacramento, Phoenix, Ariz., Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho. The company is
headquartered in Vancouver, Wash. Visit Electric Lightwave on the World Wide
Web at http://www.eli.net.
NOTE: All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners, with no intent to infringe.
SOURCE Electric Lightwave, Inc.
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CONTACT:
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Electric Lightwave
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