AccessArizona.com Launches Broadband Site for Cox High Speed Internet Service.Business Editors PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2002 Broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). programming provides relevant local content for Cox broadband customers, delivers greater reach to advertisers AccessArizona.com announced today that it has launched broadband content programming for a new Cox High Speed Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the (sm) service operated by Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : COX) in Phoenix, Ariz. Cox High Speed Internet locally-focused home page programming, created and managed by AccessArizona.com, is now available on the new home "start pages" for Cox High Speed Internet customers. In adding to programming that includes local and national search, movie and restaurant guides, local weather, classifieds, local and national news, local event calendars, sports and recreation guides, stock updates and other useful content is special broadband content--such as movie trailers, music videos and games. Also, Cox Internet customers can refer to their "start" page to quickly learn about upcoming Cox High Speed Internet service changes as well as new products. "Our new broadband programming offers significant benefits to both Cox High Speed Internet customers and AccessArizona.com advertisers," said Kathryn Kathryn may refer to: People with the given name Kathryn:
Deb Rypkema, AccessArizona.com account executive, noted that the launch of broadband programming in Phoenix has had an immediate, significant impact on its traffic. For example, unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. increased by 75 percent in the week after the site launched Dec. 27, 2001 while daily page views increased by 268 percent. Notably, AccessArizona.com visitor frequency has also increased dramatically in this Cox High Speed Internet market. For example, comparing January January: see month. 2001 to January 2002, visitor frequency in this market has increased by 280 percent. Additional broadband versions of city sites were launched as start pages for Cox High Speed Internet customers in a total of 10 markets served by Cox Interactive Media: AccessArizona.com, Phoenix, Ariz. AccessOKC.com, Oklahoma City Allnva.com, Northern Virginia DiscoverOmaha.com, Omaha, Neb. HRtide.com, Hampton Roads, Va. InsideNewOrleans.com, New Orleans OCnow.com, Orange County, Calif. OSO.com, Providence, R.I. SDinsider.com, San Diego, Calif. VegasValley.com, Las Vegas In 10 Cox Communications markets that were not previously served by CIMedia, Cox High Speed Internet service start pages are branded SimplyLocal.com. New broadband programming in these markets includes: -- Bakersfield, Calif. -- North Carolina -- Wichita, NE & SE Kansas -- Gainesville, Fla. -- Fredericksburg, Va. -- Sun Valley, Central and NW Idaho -- South & Upper Louisiana SE Texas Additional regions targeted to have local content from CIMedia by the middle of 2002 are: -- Bakersfield, Calif. -- North Carolina -- Wichita, NE & SE Kansas -- Gainesville, Fla. -- Fredericksburg, Va. -- Sun Valley, Central and NW Idaho -- South & Upper Louisiana SE Texas The Cox High Speed Internet service was developed in response to the bankruptcy proceedings bankruptcy proceedings n. the bankruptcy procedure is: a) filing a petition (voluntary or involuntary) to declare a debtor person or business bankrupt, or, under Chapter 11 or 13, to allow reorganization or refinancing under a plan to meet the debts of the party of Excite@Home, a vendor that partnered with Cox Communications, Inc. in the delivery of high speed Internet service in the majority of Cox's markets across the country. Cox's new self-managed network, which supports the service, is designed to ensure enhanced performance, long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. service stability and superior customer service. The network also supports broadband telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. solutions offered to commercial customers through Cox Business Services. CIMedia broadband programming for Cox High Speed Internet is being deployed rapidly in conjunction with the new service. In December 2001, Cox successfully transitioned its first residential customers to the Cox High Speed Internet service in Roanoke, Va. Plans are underway to transition the remainder of Cox@Home high-speed Internet customers to the new service by the end of March. Cox@Home customers nationwide have received conversion kits that contain all of the information and resources necessary to transition to Cox High Speed Internet. About Cox Interactive Media Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) operates a network of 20 award-winning websites, including nine sites in the top 25 markets and 16 in the top 50. CIMedia also delivers broadband programming in 20 markets for the Cox High Speed Internet service operated by Cox Communications, Inc. The CIMedia network is available to 33 percent of adult Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f among the top 50 most populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. U.S. markets and reaches close to 7 million unique visitors each month. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., CIMedia (www.cimedia.com) was launched in January 1997 and is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late , Inc. Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies with more than 100 TV stations, radio stations, and newspapers in the U.S. About Cox Communications Cox Communications, Inc., (NYSE: COX) a Fortune 500 company, serves approximately 6.2 million customers nationwide, making it the nation's fifth largest cable television company. A full-service provider of telecommunications products, Cox offers an array of services, including Cox Cable; local and long distance telephone services under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; high-speed Internet access under the brands Cox High Speed Internet, Cox@Home, Road Runner road runner: see cuckoo. Road Runner thrives on outwitting Wile E. Coyote. [Comics: “Beep Beep the Road Runner” in Horn, 105] See : Cunning Road Runner and Cox Express; advanced digital video programming services under the Cox Digital Cable brand; and commercial voice and data services via Cox Business Services. Cox is an investor in programming networks including Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com. |
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