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March 21, 2003 - Wave7 Optics and Chariton Valley (Telecom Corporation &
Telephone Corporation) to Deliver New “Optical Broadband” Services in Several
Missouri Communities
“Fiber to the Home or Business” Network Will Deliver Integrated
Telephone, Internet and Video Services
ALPHARETTA, GA, March 21, 2003 -- Wave7 Optics today announced the latest
deployment of its Last Mile Link (LML) fiber optic access solution, with
Chariton Valley Telecom Corporation and Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation of
Missouri.
Chariton Valley Telecom has begun installation of the LML in Macon, Mo., where
it will operate as a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier). Over the course
of the next 12 to 18 months, 3500 homes and businesses in that area will be
connected to the industry’s most-advanced voice, data, and video broadband
system.
Chariton Valley Telephone an ILEC, (incumbent local exchange carrier) intends to
expand its network and deploy LML to approximately 900 subscribers located in
its service areas in Bevier, Callao, New Cambria and Bucklin sometime in 2004
and to approximately 2000 subscribers located in Huntsville and Salisbury in the
2005 timeframe.
“With this deployment we will have the most advanced network in the state –
Macon will be the first to have a complete fiber-to-the-home network, with our
Bevier, Callao, New Cambria and Bucklin exchanges to follow closely behind
following our master plans to implement network upgrades” said Bill Biere,
General Manager of Chariton Valley. “Wave7 has the technology and experience we
are looking for and their network architecture offers several cost and
technological advantages, compared to other broadband systems. With the price of
fiber dropping like it is, I’m surprised more service providers aren’t doing
this.”
The LML provides up to 300 times more capacity than competing broadband systems,
such as DSL or cable modem, at the same or lower installation cost. Because of
the
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inherent high-bandwidth capabilities of fiber optics and Wave7’s unique
architectural cost advantages, Chariton Valley can provide each of their
customers access speeds from 256 kbps up to a maximum of 500 Mbps “symmetrical”
service, unlike typical “asymmetrical” services where download speeds far exceed
“upload” speeds. Furthermore, the LML uses standard data, telephone and CATV
interfaces at its customer premise devices accommodating existing home and
business telephone, television and computer systems, meaning customers do not
have to buy new equipment to get on the new network.
“Not only can customers such as Chariton Valley offer the fastest network
around, they can offer a highly-secure one that meets the highest ‘carrier
class’ standards,” said Tom Tighe, CEO of Wave7 Optics. “Our network system
offers intelligent layer 3 switching and 128-bit encryption to meet the latest
quality of service and service level agreement requirements for businesses and
other organizations. We are delighted to add Chariton Valley Telecom Corporation
and Chariton Valley Telephone Corporation of Missouri to our growing list of
customers.”
The LML is a standards-based advanced optical access system that provides all
traditional “carrier-grade” telephone services (including fax), high-speed data
(e.g., Internet service) and both analog and digital video (including IP
streaming video). Featuring industry-leading privacy and security encryption
techniques and industry-leading “quality of service” mechanisms designed for
business applications, the LML overcomes the high-fiber counts, limited distance
range and high “central office” equipment costs that have stymied the growth of
FTTx systems.
About Chariton Valley
Chariton Valley Telephone was incorporated in 1952 and operates as a
cooperative. It has approximately 6000 shareholders and services more than 8000
local access lines within 18 exchanges in rural north central Missouri. Chariton
Valley has grown and expanded over the last 50 years and has created numerous
subsidiary companies, to offer communications products such as cable television,
paging, two-way radio, wireless, long distance, voice mail, calling cards,
internet, and wireless internet. Chariton Valley Telecom, the newest subsidiary,
will offer competitive local service and will continue the tradition of Chariton
Valley’s expansion and growth as it continues to plan for the future.
About Wave7 Optics
Wave7 Optics, Inc. is a market leader in the fiber-to-the-home and business (FTTX)
optical access market. The Last Mile Link™ optical access system effectively
overcomes traditional cost and implementation barriers to the bandwidth capacity
bottleneck in the last mile of communications networks. Wave7 Optics’ innovative
approach to optical access is a generation ahead of competitive PON technologies
in both cost and capability. The Last Mile Link product suite provides solutions
that specifically address residential, business and multi-tenant customers with
a unifying architecture providing a complete triple play of voice, video, and
data services.
For more information please contact emmanuel.vella@w7optics.com.
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