Cable One Selects Arcwave Wireless Plant Extension Solution for Broadband Deployment to Small Business Customers.

CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Tenth Largest U.S. Cable Operator Selects ARCXtend Wireless Bridge, After Extensive Testing, to Extend Service to Small to Medium Sized Businesses Unreachable by Fixed Cable

Arcwave, Inc., the leader in providing wireless solutions for the cable industry, today announced that Cable One, Inc., the nation's tenth largest cable operator, has selected Arcwave's ARCXtend wireless plant extension (WPE) solution for deployment throughout Cable One's service areas in 17 states. The selection of Arcwave, after extensive lab and field testing, will enable Cable One's 50 systems to begin installing the ARCXtend solution to extend service to small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) that are currently out of the reach of Cable One's existing hybrid fiber/coaxial (HFC) plant infrastructure.

Cable One, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post, serves more than 700,000 customers in 17 states with digital video, high-speed Internet, HDTV, DVR (Digital Video Recorder). With an advanced, two-way enabled HFC network, competitive service offerings, and one-day service guarantee, Cable One has strong penetration in areas reachable by their cable plant infrastructure. Deployment of the ARCXtend solution, the first WPE product Cable One has approved for use throughout its system, will enable Cable One to cost effectively and rapidly extend the reach of its network out to many new SMB customers within its service areas.

ARCXtend is the first WPE solution that enables cable operators to leverage their extensive fiber networks and advanced IP service capability to target a large portion of the domestic SMB high-speed data market, estimated at more than eight million businesses, that has been previously unreachable due to cost, regulatory or deployment delay considerations. While approximately 90 percent of the $100 billion SMB market for voice and data services is within close proximity to existing cable networks, an estimated 50 percent of the SMB market is currently not serviceable by cable operators due to zoning restrictions, "right of way" challenges and the expense of laying new fiber or coaxial cable in commercial areas. Offering a convenient "plug and play" deployment, ARCXtend seamlessly integrates into a cable operator's network and operating infrastructure creating a wireless bridge for the transmission of the cable industry's DOCSIS standard signals between the wired network and one or more customer sites at speeds significantly faster than DSL.

As a part of the selection process, Cable One tested Arcwave and competitive products in their engineering labs. Key selection criteria included upstream and downstream channel capacity, ease of deployment and durability of network hub hardware, functionality and capabilities of graphical user interface, technical support and the vision of the provider in offering a road map of future services based on the latest developments in wireless technology.

"We were immediately impressed with the capabilities of the ARCXtend WPE solution to conveniently, cost-effectively and seamlessly enable us to extend our existing cable plant infrastructure to reach a high percentage of small and medium business customers in our markets that we can not reach through our fixed HFC plant infrastructure," said James J. Hannan, vice president of engineering for Cable One. "After rigorous review of Arcwave, we were sold on ARCXtend's performance, ease of deployment and ongoing use, customer support, and Arcwave's strong reputation and commitment to developing new wireless solutions. In addition, ARCXtend's low deployment price to performance ratio will enable us to achieve ROI within 12 months."

"Cable companies that have traditionally seen wireless as a competitive technology are now beginning to embrace it as a means of extending their existing cable plant operations to reach new markets," said Chris Martin, vice president of marketing for Arcwave. "With the ARCXtend solution, cable operators can offer small to medium sized businesses a new broadband alternative to DSL, with speeds up to 10 times faster than DSL."

About Arcwave

Arcwave is the leading developer and provider of wireless plant extension solutions for the cable industry. Arcwave's products enable domestic and international multiple system operators (MSOs) to leverage the latest wireless technologies to extend the reach of their existing services and to increase service offerings within their current plant and operating infrastructure. The company has patented technology and experience in the wireless industry combined with a unique understanding of the MSO business model. Arcwave's solutions are designed for "plug and play" deployment and leverage existing and future technologies, such as Wireless DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification), 802.11, 802.16d, and 802.16e. Arcwave has systems deployed that are serving customers in seven of the top 10 cable operators in the U.S. The company is funded by Vulcan Capital, Venrock Associates, SBV Venture Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital, and Mayfield.

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