Electric Lightwave delivers competitive local service to Portland, Ore.PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996--For the first time in nearly 80 years Portland-area businesses have a choice when it comes to local telephone service. Electric Lightwave Inc. (ELI Eli (ē`lī), in the Bible, high priest and judge of Israel, teacher of the boy Samuel. 1. (language) ELI - An early system on the IBM 705 and IBM 650. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 2. ) announced today the arrival of competitive local telephone service to Portland-area businesses. "Our customers have told us that one-stop shopping is very important to them," Mike Daniel, ELI's Oregon general manager said. "The addition of local service -- along with our long distance and high-speed private line networks -- makes us a true full-service 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. ." In November of 1994, ELI was the first to request authority from the Oregon Public Utility Commission to provide competitive dial tone services. On Jan. 12, 1996, the request was granted; and, on April 18, ELI reached a interim interconnection in·ter·con·nect v. in·ter·con·nect·ed, in·ter·con·nect·ing, in·ter·con·nects v.intr. To be connected with each other: The two buildings interconnect. v.tr. agreement with the local telephone company. "I'm very excited that Portland is one of the first cities in the nation to experience this kind of competition," Daniel said, noting that ELI offers a "true alternative and not simply a re-packaged, re-sold service from the incumbent local telephone company." Daniel said his entire Portland team is "committed to delivering the benefits of competition to customers through competitive prices, an ever-expanding menu of products and outstanding service." Electric Lightwave's state-of-the-art DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. 500 central office and its Portland fiber network of 250 route miles The number of miles that are spanned by a telecommunications network. It does not include combined wire mileage due to multiple wires or fibers within a single cable or by overlapping segments, just the total geographic distance between cities or other terminal points. represent a $100 million investment in the Portland area. The company employs some 250 people in the Portland Metropolitan Area The Portland-Vancouver, Oregon-Washington, Metropolitan Statistical Area, also known as the Portland metropolitan area or Greater Portland, is an urban area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered around the city of Portland, Oregon. . This is the third major announcement in three weeks for Electric Lightwave: On Aug. 21, ELI announced the arrival of competitive local service in Salt Lake City; and on Aug. 28 they reached a comprehensive interconnection agreement with Pacific Bell to provide local service in the Sacramento, Calif. area. Based in Vancouver, Wash., Electric Lightwave is a full-service communications company which owns and operates telecommunications systems in several Western states. ELI is a subsidiary of Citizens Utilities, a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s growth company offering telecommunications, gas, electric and water services. CONTACT: Electric Lightwave John Unverferth, 360/896-3217 |
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