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Cox Business Services Surpasses Installation of One Million Voice Grade Equivalent Access Lines.


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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2000

Cox Business Services, the commercial broadband division of Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Inc., today announced its milestone achievement of delivering more than one million voice grade equivalent access lines to commercial business customers.

This milestone figure includes both hybrid fiber-coax (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax.
2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon.
)-based telephony access lines and fiber-based private line transport measured in voice grade equivalents.

"In years past, Cox's commercial operations focused on private line transport for large-sized businesses," said Chuck McElroy Charles Dwayne McElroy Sr. (born October 1, 1967 in Port Arthur, Texas), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1989-2001. Teams
  • Philadelphia Phillies 1989-1990
  • Chicago Cubs 1991-1993
  • Cincinnati Reds 1994-1996
, Vice President and General Manager of Cox Business Services. "With our expanded strategic focus on the small and medium-sized business market segment, we're making new gains on switched commercial telephony as we better meet the needs of the overall market in our cities."

This milestone is an extension of Cox Communications' initial strategy since the mid-1990s to serve large businesses with private line transport services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model.  via the fiber portion of the company's networks. As Cox Business Services rolls out commercial broadband services in additional Cox cable franchises, its private line services are complemented with switched cable telephony See cable telephone. , high-speed Internet See broadband.  access, videoconferencing and other broadband solutions.

Cox Business Services is a division of Atlanta-based Cox Communications, Inc., the nation's fifth largest cable broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. . A full-service, facilities-based provider of telecommunications solutions, Cox Business Services serves home offices; small, medium and large-sized businesses; school districts; and hospitality, government and military properties in cities across the nation. Cox offers high-speed Internet services; switched voice services and long-distance; and dedicated voice, data and video transport services. More information about Cox can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com.

Editor's Note: This figure does not include the number of residential switched cable telephony access lines served by Cox Communications.
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