Press Release
Charter Business® Joins with Time Warner Cable Business Services
on Business Telecommunications Services
Greenville, SC and Charlotte, NC, January 16, 2008 -- Charter Business
and Time Warner Cable Business Class announced they will collaborate in the installation
of high-speed, fiber-optic connections to support the needs of businesses located
in each company's service area. This agreement will allow the two companies to seamlessly
interconnect their Optical Ethernet services for customers who want to connect distant
locations in North and South Carolina.
“This agreement represents an alternative for businesses that need to communicate
with other offices or businesses located in the Carolinas and neighboring states,”
said Jim McGann, Vice President and General Manager, Charter Business. “While customers
have always been able to obtain Fiber Optic Network services from us for their locations
within the Charter Business and in the Time Warner Cable service footprint, connecting
locations across two footprints meant having to use a mainstream Telco provider.
Now, businesses have the convenience of seamless connectivity, one bill and one
number to call with Charter and Time Warner. This arrangement will allow us to service
markets that range from rural to metropolitan areas.”
Optical Ethernet service, carried over Fiber Optic facilities, represents the latest
and most efficient means through which data communications can be carried to support
business needs. Cable service providers are capitalizing on their robust existing
networks to provide customers with reliable alternatives to telephone company services.
Both Time Warner Cable and Charter Business offer business customers the benefit
of an extensive and reliable network, and are uniquely positioned to meet common
business needs. “Our network can serve as a Disaster Recovery option for business
customers because our fiber routes are independent of those used by the telephone
company,” stated Bo Coughlin, Regional VP for Business Services at Time Warner Cable.
Since we own and operate our own fiber network, we are also able to increase the
bandwidth allocated to individual customers at a moment’s notice – something not
always available with the kind of technology offered by Telcos.”
For information about Optical Ethernet services from Time Warner Cable Business
Class, contact Albert Blackmon, VP of Marketing at 704-206-2004 and for Charter
Business contact: Joe Allen, Director of Technical Services, Charter Business at
864-505-9803.
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Media Contact:
Time Warner Cable
Albert Blackmon
704.206.2004
Charter Communications
Anita Lamont
314.543.2215
anita.lamont@chartercom.com
About Charter Business
Charter Business (http://charterbusiness.com/)
products and services provide scalable, tailored and cost-effective broadband communications
solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access,
data networking, TV and music entertainment services and business telephone.
About Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company and the
third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United States. Charter provides
a full range of advanced broadband services, including advanced Charter Business®
TV in Digital entertainment programming, Charter Business® Internet
access service, and Charter Business® Phone services. Charter Business®
similarly provides scalable, tailored and cost-effective broadband communications
solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access,
data networking, TV and music entertainment services and business telephone. Charter's advertising
sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More
information about Charter can be found at
www.charter.com.
About Time Warner Cable Business Class
Time Warner Cable Business Class, a division of Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), offers
a full complement of business communications tools to small- and medium-sized businesses
and enterprise-sized companies. Its data, voice, Cable TV and security solutions
are enhanced by award-winning customer service and local support teams. Time Warner
Cable Business Class was founded in 1998, offering Internet service as Road Runner
Business Class. As of year end 2006 Time Warner Cable Business Class served more
than 245,000 business customers throughout Time Warner Cable's markets.