Global Crossing Puts First Segment of Mid-Atlantic Crossing Into Undersea Service Connecting New York State to Florida.Business Editors HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000 -- First segment of Mid-Atlantic Crossing is 2,200 kilometers long, providing 10 Gbps service and 10 Gbps protection. -- Construction of Phase One of Mid-Atlantic Crossing completed. -- System connects to Europe through link to Atlantic Crossing 1, and will eventually connect to Mexico, and Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Global Crossing, which is building and operating the world's most advanced global IP-based fiber optic network, announced today that it has put the first segment of its Mid-Atlantic Crossing cable into undersea service connecting New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State to Florida. This first segment of Mid-Atlantic Crossing is 2,200 kilometers long, providing 10 Gbps of service and 10 Gbps of protection. Mid-Atlantic Crossing currently provides connection to Europe through a link to Global Crossing's Atlantic Crossing, to Asia through the Global Crossing Network, and will soon connect to Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. , South America, and Mexico. Two remaining segments will be completed later this year - one connecting Brookhaven on New York State's Long Island to St. Croix, the other connecting St. Croix to the city of Hollywood in Florida. Said Bob Annunziata, Chief Executive Officer of Global Crossing: &uot;This is Phase One of a rapidly expanding system that is bringing affordable, high-speed broadband capability to the Caribbean and to Central and South America - and is connecting those regions to the world. With that capacity will come sophisticated data centers based in these countries and Global Crossing's advanced Internet-provider services that will quickly bring the region to world-class standards in speed and reliability.&uot; About Global Crossing Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq:GBLX GBLX Global Crossing Ltd. (stock symbol) ) is building, and offering services over, the world's first global fiber optic network with 97,200 announced 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. , serving five continents, 24 countries and more than 200 major cities. The Global Crossing Network and its telecommunications and Internet product offerings will be available to over 80% of the world's international communications traffic. Global Crossing hosts more than 300 of the top Internet brands at its Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. division, GlobalCenter. Among the brands are some of the largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web, including Yahoo!, The Motley Fool, Ziff Davis Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American magazine publisher and Internet Information company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, , MP3.com and eToys. Global Crossing's operations are headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with principal offices in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California; London, England; Morristown, New Jersey Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 18,544. Its estimated population in 2004 was 18,842. It is the county seat of Morris CountyGR6. ; Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or ; and Miami, Florida. Statements made in this press release that state the Company's or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete systems within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive marketplace; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in the United States and other countries; changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly-acquired businesses; the impact of technological change; and other risks referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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