Adelphia Enters Market in Northeast Ohio With Fiber Optic Telecommunications Network.CLEVELAND Cleveland, former county, England Cleveland, former county, NE England, created under the Local Government Act of 1972 (effective 1974). It was composed of the county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teeside and parts of the former counties of Durham and , Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1999-- Adelphia Business Solutions (www.adelphia-abs.com) announced today that it is now offering its integrated communication services to the Northeast Ohio market. Adelphia Business Solutions (Nasdaq:HYPT), a majority owned subsidiary of Adelphia Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:ADLAC), currently operates in more than 46 markets throughout the eastern half of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The company is currently constructing a fully redundant, 20,000-mile local and long-haul fiber optic network, over which it will provide a full line of communication services including local and long distance voice services, messaging, high-speed data and 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 services. Formerly Hyperion Communications, Adelphia Business Solutions offers significant advantages over its competition. As a facilities-based provider, Adelphia Business Solutions builds and maintains its own networks. Its strategy is to develop a fully interconnected super-regional network that serves as the enabling architecture for the rapid expansion of its target market -- business, government and educational customers. With this approach, customers will be assured high-quality, reliable and efficient communication solutions, while Adelphia maintains most of the traffic on its own networks. To complement its customized communications solutions, Adelphia offers local, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. "Customer Care." A local Adelphia representative is assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to each customer account, ensuring that businesses are in contact with a representative that is familiar with their companies, in their communities. "We have the resources of a large, national company, but offer our customers more local, customized services," said Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington) is an American entrepreneur. With Bill Gates, he formed Microsoft. , General Manager of Adelphia Business Solutions in Northeast Ohio. "While our fiber optic network technology is renowned for its reliability, we recognize that our customer satisfaction level is high because of our emphasis on immediate responsiveness." During the past few years, Adelphia Business Solutions has experienced rapid growth and has achieved higher profit margins than most of its competitors in the CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) industry. As of March 1998, more than 80 percent of the 41,500 access lines sold were to customers served directly on Adelphia Business Solutions networks. On-net customers yield gross margins of more than 70 percent, compared to lower margins from total service resale resale n. selling again, particularly at retail. In many states a "resale license" or "resale number" is required so that the state can monitor the collection of sales tax on retail sales. RESALE. and unbundled loop. Currently, Adelphia Business Solutions owns 93 percent of its own network. (Notation notation: see arithmetic and musical notation. How a system of numbers, phrases, words or quantities is written or expressed. Positional notation is the location and value of digits in a numbering system, such as the decimal or binary system. : Except for factual information contained in this news release, any forward looking statements concerning future plans for expansion and completion of Adelphia Business Solutions' network are based on current estimates and projections and actual results could materially differ from those statements.) |
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