BlueStar.net Names Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000 BlueStar.net, a premier provider of broadband communications and Internet access See how to access the Internet. to small and medium-sized businesses utilizing Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) technology, announces the appointment of John Chadwick Grier to Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "Because Chad has been working with BlueStar as president of the South Atlantic Region (Charlotte, N.C.), he has an excellent sense of what we need in terms of leadership and direction for developing and expanding our business," said Bob Dupuis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for BlueStar.net. Prior to BlueStar, Grier served as general manager and regional director of business sales and service for Sprint. Grier earned his bachelor's degree in communications from East Carolina University East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, intensive research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statue and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina and a master's in business administration from Queens College. He also received training in the Advanced Telecommunications Management Program at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission . BlueStar.net has recently entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Covad Communications, a national leader in the broadband and DSL industry. The agreement will make BlueStar.net a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Covad Communications. Once the acquisition deal with Covad is complete, the combined company will serve 100 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) from more than 1,800 Central Offices. By year's end, the company should reach more than 50 percent of all U.S. businesses, serving 165 MSAs. BlueStar.net provides small and medium-sized businesses high-speed, inexpensive, secure broadband communications and Internet access, web hosting and e-mail services through FireLine DSL services. In addition, BlueStar can customize solutions for telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. and other enhanced services. BlueStar customers also have access to 24-hour customer service. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., BlueStar.net has approximately 750 employees. Additional details about BlueStar's products and services can be obtained by visiting www.bluestar.net. |
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