AboveNet adds Denver to fiber-optic network
AUGUST 10, 2010 -- AboveNet Inc. (NYSE: ABVT) has expanded into Denver with deployment of a new private fiber-optic metro network. Denver becomes the company's newest market to be opened for commercial business.
AboveNet's Denver network will span 97 route miles of 432- and 216-fiber cables, delivering 23,000 fiber miles to support the mission critical business activities of Fortune 1000 companies and other large enterprises and organizations in the area.
"AboveNet is very pleased to launch our latest metro network in Denver," said John "Joc" Jacquay, senior vice president of sales and marketing at AboveNet. "We see tremendous opportunity to provide our low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity solutions to the many key businesses in this vital market."
AboveNet has already begun selling to customers in Denver, and additional commercial installations of dark fiber and other selected lit services will be available for service by January 1, 2011. According to the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. report of May 2010, Denver is home to an array of Fortune 1000 companies, including telecommunications, media, Internet services, retailing, and financial data services enterprises.
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