PRESS RELEASE: July 18, 2000
Colo Solutions To Provide Carrier-Neutral Colocation Facilities To @Link Networks
@Link Networks selects Colo Solutions to house key network nodes for its aggressive expansion of DSL services across mid-America
MELBOURNE, FLORIDA…July 18, 2000…Colo Solutions™, the leader in providing Carrier-Neutral Colocation™ facilities for next generation Service Providers in prime telecom locations of tier-2 and tier-3 metropolitan cities, today announced an agreement to provide colocation space in the company's Cleveland, Ohio and San Antonio, Texas facilities to @Link Networks Inc., a leading integrated communications provider that provides small- to medium-sized businesses with secure, high-speed private networks and other connectivity solutions via access technologies such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).
@Link is actively engaged in one of the industry's most aggressive network deployments, enabling the roll-out of DSL services for data, voice, and video communications in nearly 1000 central office locations throughout mid-America. Colo Solutions will host @Link network nodes, which are responsible for aggregation of data and network distribution in both Cleveland and San Antonio. Colo Solutions will also provide direct access to multiple carriers for flexibility, scalability and route diversity.
"Good partnerships make good business," said Bill Lang, @Link's vice president of New Market Launch. We offer our business customers highly customized broadband solutions with iron-clad service level agreements and performance guarantees. It is imperative that we select colocation facilities that share this philosophy."
"We selected Colo Solutions for their reliable carrier-grade facilities, secured environment, and access to multiple carriers and backbone providers," Lang continued. "Colo Solutions personifies customer focus. They have been extremely responsive to our needs and have played a key role in our ability to launch our services during the third quarter in both Cleveland and San Antonio."
Colo Solutions was officially launched on March 30, 2000, and now operates carrier-neutral facilities in Cleveland, Jacksonville, Kissimmee, Louisville, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, and San Antonio. The company plans expansion into more than fourteen cities within the year 2000.
About @Link Networks
@Link Networks, formerly Dakota Services, was founded in 1997 and specializes in broadband data and communications solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses. @Link is a leading provider of secure, high-speed private network solutions and other data and communications services including video and, soon, voice, via access technologies such as Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). @Link is building a next-generation packet-switched network utilizing an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) backbone and advanced switching capabilities that enables the company to offer its business customers extensive Quality of Service and Class of Service capabilities, including highly customized broadband solutions and iron-clad service level agreements and performance guarantees. @Link serves customers in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin and will serve markets in 14 more states by the end of 2000. For additional information on @Link Networks please visit www.atlinknetworks.com.
About Colo Solutions
Colo Solutions™ is a provider of Carrier-Neutral Colocation™ facilities, and Wholesale Web Hosting services. The company is unique in that it provides colocation facilities in prime telecom locations of tier-2 and tier-3 cities where carrier-neutral colocation facilities were previously unavailable. Each Colo Solutions facility offers a comprehensive suite of services, and a carrier-rich environment with direct access to multiple carriers and backbone providers. Next Generation Service Providers using Colo Solutions' network of facilities profit from rapid deployment of new service offerings while taking advantage of a broad range of scalability, network, and route diversity, as well as cross-connect capability to other carriers or colocation customers. Colo Solutions facilities conform to the highest telco industry standards and provide systems that assure power availability, temperature control, state-of-the-art fire suppression and secured access. For additional information on Colo Solutions please visit www.colosolutions.com.
For Further Information Contact:
Ron Stafford
President
Colo Solutions
312-228-6858
Kevin Nash
Ketchum (on behalf of @Link Networks, Inc.)
407-210-2480
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