Press Release
Cox and Charter Team to provide Telecommunications Links for Business Customers
Interconnection Agreement Provides New Choices, Competitive Pricing for Businesses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MARCH 17, 2008
ATLANTA and ST. LOUIS – Cox Business and Charter Business®
announced today that the two companies have teamed to provide a direct fiber optic
cable telecommunications link between metropolitan areas outside of traditional
service footprints.
Businesses in Las Vegas and Reno, Nev., can now easily and securely connect offices
and information systems with a dedicated SONET, Ethernet connection or IP transport
service. A similar link has also been established between Cox in Orange County,
Calif. and Charter in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
High-capacity data transport and Internet services are attractive to businesses
with multiple locations that transport large amounts of sensitive data such as financial
institutions, long distance carriers, Internet service providers, hospitals, insurance
companies and other businesses that do not want to purchase or lease their own fiber
network.
“This agreement brings a competitive choice to businesses that need to communicate
with locations in other key commerce hubs in the western U.S.,” said Jim McGann,
vice president and general manager, Charter Business. “While customers have always
been able to obtain fiber optic network services within the Charter Business and
Cox Business footprints, they were limited to regional telephone companies to connect
locations across the two footprints.”
“Charter and Cox are responding to customer demand for a better connectivity solution
to link their Las Vegas and Reno offices,” said David Blau, vice president and general
manager, Cox Business and Hospitality Network, Nevada. “By interconnecting our existing
robust networks, we’re able to provide customers with a reliable and competitive
choice. The simplicity of one carrier, one network provider, one bill, one number
for technical support and seamless connectivity creates immediate cost and resource
efficiencies for our business customers.”
Cox and Charter are both facilities-based telecom providers who build and maintain
their own advanced networks and provide telephone, Internet and cable television
services.
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Media Contact:
Todd Smith
Cox Communications
404.269.3124
todd.smith6@cox.com
Jack Gordon
Charter Communications
608.268.7748
jack.gordon@chartercom.com
Marty Richmond
Charter Communications
314.543.5621
mrichmond@chartercom.com
About Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment
company with more than 6.2 million total residential and commercial customers. The
third-largest cable television company in the United States, Cox offers an array
of advanced digital Cable TV, Internet and telephony services over its own nationwide
IP network, as well as integrated wireless services. Cox Business is a full-service,
facilities-based provider of communications solutions for commercial customers,
providing Internet, voice and long distance services, as well as data and Cable
TV transport services for small to large-sized businesses. Cox Media offers national
and local cable advertising in traditional spot and new media formats, along with
promotional opportunities and production services. Cox Communications wholly owns
and operates the Travel Channel. More information about the services of Cox Communications,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is available at www.cox.com,
www.coxbusiness.com, and
www.coxmedia.com.
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 Digital®
Cable TV 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, Cable 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.