CariNet! Announces Plan For California-Wide Service Expansion Through Channel Partnership With Rhythms NetConnections.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1998--California Regional Intranet (CariNet!)(TM), one of southern California's fastest growing 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. , today announced a channel relationship with Rhythms NetConnections Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Former NASDAQ: RTHM) was in the business of providing broadband local-access communication services to large enterprises, telecommunications carriers and their internet service provider (ISP) affiliates and other ISPs. which will accelerate CariNet!'s expansion throughout San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. County, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay . "Our wide area network services and Internet access already serve thousands of customers throughout southern California," stated Jim Schilreff, Chief Technical Officer at CariNet!. "We've built forefront partnerships with California-based 'rising stars' like Whistle Communications, Quantum Stats and SicommNet, to extend our functionality in e-commerce and IP telephony. Our new position as a primary sales channel for Rhythms' high-performance networks further adds to our strength. Their dense deployment of 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, coupled with end-to-end managed networks, gives unprecedented reach to over three-quarters of targeted business sites in San Diego. Most importantly, their business intent to extend high-speed managed networks to virtually all of our future expansion markets in California ensures high leveragability of the relationship. Our customers will enjoy very high value and new service options as a result. CariNet! will open up access of these solutions well beyond the typical Fortune 1000, to thousands of small businesses in this market." CariNet! is a California corporation formed in March 1997 to provide wide area network services to small and medium-sized businesses and Internet Service Providers. Formed from two San Diego ISPs, CariNet! brings two years of Internet consulting and seventeen years of corporate wide area network (WAN) experience to its customers. For more information on available offerings or to purchase services, contact CariNet! at 619/974-5080 or access www.cari.net. Rhythms NetConnections is an Englewood, Colorado-based business with regional headquarters in San Diego. Its services include high-performance networking solutions like Power Internet access, MetroLAN enterprise networks, legacy network integration and frame relay gateway service. Rhythms distributes its capabilities through market-leading Network Integrators and Internet Service Providers such as CariNet! Telecommunications services for Rhythms are provided by ACI ACI American Concrete Institute ACI Arch Coal Inc ACI Airports Council International (formerly Airport Associations Coordinating Council) ACI Automobile Club d'Italia ACI American Competitiveness Initiative , 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 Rhythms. For more information regarding Rhythms NetConnections, call 1-800-RHYTHMS or access www.Rhythms.net. CONTACT: CariNet! Bill Manns, 619/974-5080 ext. 102 or Rhythms NetConnections Gloria Farler, 303/476-4223 or Market Ready Tina Tan, 612/475-2835 ttan@marketready.com |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion