BROOKS FIBER GRANTED FULL LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE AUTHORITY IN MISSISSIPPI.ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 1996-- COMPANY IS READY TO PROVIDE CHOICE TO JACKSON METROPOLITAN MARKET Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:BFPT BFPT barrier-free proton transfer BFPT Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc. (stock symbol) BFPT boiler feed pump turbine BFPT Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem BFPT Bundesdeutsche Fachtagung für Plasmatechnologie BFPT Braque Francais de Petite Taille ), a nationwide provider of competitive local telecommunications services, announced today that its operating subsidiary An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. in Mississippi has been granted authority by the Mississippi Public Service Commission to provide a full range of competitive local exchange telecommunications services in the state of Mississippi. Brooks Fiber has installed a Lucent Technologies 5ESS central office switch to offer state-of-the-art services in Jackson, Mississippi Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. State of Mississippi. It is one of the county seats of Hinds County; Raymond is the other county seat. As of the 2000 census Jackson's population was 184,256. . The ultra-modern 5ESS switch is in effect a "super- computer" which will switch calls cleaner, faster and at a lower incremental cost Incremental Cost The encompassing change that a company experiences within its balance sheet due to one additional unit of production. Notes: Incremental cost is the overall change that a company experiences by producing one additional unit of good. than older switching technologies. The company's network in Jackson is operational and local dial tone services will be available in early 1997. The Brooks Fiber networks employ SONET (Synchronous Optical NETwork (networking) Synchronous Optical NETwork - (SONET) A broadband networking standard based on point-to-point optical fibre networks. SONET will provide a high-bandwidth "pipe" to support ATM-based services. ) fiber ring technology, which is widely acknowledged as being superior for reliability and capacity in contrast to the copper wire and copper/fiber hybrid systems offered by older phone monopolies. Brooks Fiber will offer businesses a full array of telecommunications services which can be used to supplement or bypass the services offered by the customer's current provider. The solutions that Brooks Fiber tailors for its customers include the following services: -- Local Phone Service -- (dial tone) -- High speed connections between businesses and their long distance carriers -- Wide area connections between a company's computer networks in different locations -- Centrex business phone systems -- for customers who don't want to purchase and maintain PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). and key system equipment or who just want to enhance their current service. -- Videoconferencing, distance learning and telemedicine applications -- High speed data transmission and high speed lines to the internet Brooks Fiber Properties, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading full service provider of competitive local telecommunications services in medium sized cities across 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 currently has 30 networks operational or under construction in 16 states. CONTACT: Brooks Fiber Properties Inc. Waymon Tipton, 800/799-8914, ext. 313 |
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