Broadwing Communications and Utah Interlinx Bring Communications Services Choice to St. George Metro Area.AUSTIN, Texas -- Broadwing Communications, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a consolidated subsidiary of Broadwing Corporation Broadwing Corporation is a data, voice, and media solutions company based in Austin, Texas, USA. Enabled by its 20,000-mile All-Optical-Network and 20 nation-wide HDTV transmitting and delivering centers, Broadwing Communications provides communications solutions and (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BWNG), today announced that Utah Interlinx, a competitive local access provider in St. George, Utah St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah.GR6 It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. , has selected Broadwing as its primary carrier of voice and data services for enterprise, education and government customers. Utah Interlinx is building a high speed fiber optic network throughout Washington County, providing local fiber backbone redundancy to ensure consistently reliable, top quality communications service for the area. Interlinx has connected their metro fiber network to Broadwing's nationwide network for the delivery of voice, video and data services, including Ethernet Internet Protocol applications and Point-to-Point data services. "Interlinx and Broadwing are working together to provide Washington County with a high performance networking solution that will provide much needed network redundancy for the area," said Interlinx President Gene Morris. "We chose Broadwing Communications because their state-of-the-art long-haul network is highly reliable and protocol agnostic, allowing our customers to connect to the network via virtually any type of access option." "We are pleased to be working with Interlinx to bring redundant, high quality communications services to St. George area businesses, educational institutions and government entities," stated Michael Stewart, Broadwing's president of Enterprise Sales. "Together our two companies offer a compelling competitive alternative to the incumbent for transport of voice, data and other IP-related applications." Interlinx Communications LLC (dba Utah Interlinx), a Competitive Access Provider of fiber optic network infrastructure and wholesale transport services primarily to rural markets, has recently deployed over 200 miles of high-capacity, high-bandwidth fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power in the Southwestern Utah region. Using "state-of-the-art" Cisco optical transport Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP (MultiService Provisioning Platform) A high-end Cisco router that supports TDM circuits, packets and optical connections at the edge of the network. See MSSP and MSTP. ), the Interlinx metro network provides traditional TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. , enhanced metro Ethernet and virtual LAN services to the area's important points of communications presence, including ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. central offices; 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) PoPs; Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) and data center locations; wireless providers and cable company head ends; as well as multi-tenant facilities and business/manufacturing parks. Interlinx is dedicated to providing a diverse, redundant, reliable fiber access alternative in order to mitigate telecommunications outages and to enable third-party service providers to "ride" into/out of these rural areas on a tier 1 quality open-access network. Learn more about Interlinx Communications on line at www.interlinxcomm.net, or email at info@interlinxcomm.net. About Broadwing Corporation Broadwing Corporation, through its consolidated subsidiary Broadwing Communications, LLC, delivers innovative data, voice, and media solutions to enterprises, service providers, and government entities. Enabled by its one-of-a-kind, all-optical network and award-winning products and services, Broadwing Communications provides communications solutions with unparalleled customer focus and speed. Broadwing Corporation, via its Corvis Equipment Corporation subsidiary, also provides government agencies and service providers with advanced, scalable optical networking equipment designed to reduce the overall cost associated with building and operating optical networks. For more information, visit www.broadwing.com. Broadwing and its logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Broadwing Communications, LLC, and/or Broadwing Corporation. All trademarks and service marks not belonging to Broadwing are the property of their respective owners. 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A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Broadwing's actual results could differ materially from these statements. |
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