Expansion Creates Fiber Optic Network With More Than 200 Route Miles
In the Sacramento Area
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric Lightwave, Inc. (ELI)
(Nasdaq: ELIX), a full-service competitive communications provider, announced
today it has received approval from the California Public Utility Commission
to provide competitive local phone service to businesses in the City of
Roseville.
Mike Morey, ELI's general manager in Sacramento said, "The growing
Roseville area has been demanding high-bandwidth business networks such as
Internet access and frame relay and we are now approved to provide that
service.
"We're excited to be leading the competitive telecommunications charge
into Roseville," Morey added. "No longer will companies have to do business
with multiple providers. We can offer exactly the services business customers
need on one bill along with the support of a local account representative."
ELI's history in the Sacramento area includes:
* Providing telecommunications services in the Sacramento area since 1994
* Installed more than 200 miles of fiber optic cable in the metropolitan
area and plans for more than 40 miles in Roseville
* Installed a DMS 500 local and long distance switching platform in
February 1997
* Expanded operations as the local service provider for the Mather Field
renovation.
ELI's business communications services includes local and long distance
telephone service, prepaid cards, video conferencing, Frame Relay Service,
Primary Rate ISDN and private-line services. In a recent national survey by
Boardwatch Magazine, ELI ranked fifth in total Internet performance (see
http://www.boardwatch.com/isp/fall97/measure.html ).
Based in Vancouver, Washington, Electric Jightwave Inc. (ELI) is a
full-service competitive telecommunications company offering local and long
distance telephone service, videoconferencing, prepaid services, data and
Internet access services to business customers throughout the western United
States. Electric Lightwave offers business customers a competitive choice for
full-service telecommunications. Visit Electric Lightwave on the World Wide
Web at http://www.e1i.net.
ELI is a subsidiary of Citizen's Utilities, a full-service
telecommunications and utility services company that provides natural gas,
electricity, water, and wastewater treatment to 1.7 million customers in the
United States.
SOURCE Electric Lightwave, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.eli.net
CONTACT:
Jack Hardy of Electric Lightwave, Inc.,
360-816-3602, or jack_hardy@eli.net
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