6/27/00
Concentric Teams with DSL Industry Leaders Covad and Efficient to Host Free Nationwide DSL Seminar Series
Eight-City Tour Designed to Help Small Businesses Solve their Access Needs
SAN JOSE, CA - Concentric Network, a NEXTLINK Communications Company (NASDAQ: NXLK), is teaming with Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) industry leaders Covad Communications (NASDAQ: COVD) and Efficient Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFNT) to present a series of seminars intended to educate corporations supporting multiple offices and remote workers about implementing DSL as a hassle-free, remote access solution for connecting headquarters, branch offices and teleworkers.
Concentric is presenting the seminars in conjunction with the expertise and superior technologies provided by partners Covad, a national broadband services provider utilizing DSL technology, and Efficient, the premier Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) provider for Concentric’s enterprise services. Conducted at eight locations around the country, the free, half-day seminars entitled “Here. There. Anywhere.” start today in Irvine, Calif. and conclude August 2 in Chicago.
“As recent deployment figures prove, DSL has finally arrived as a widely available and economical broadband alternative to traditional telecommuter remote access solutions like dial-up or ISDN. The flip side to this wideravailability,” according to Pat Hurley, DSL Analyst with market strategy consultancy TeleChoice, Inc. “is that businesses now have to choose from a large number of potential DSL service providers, not all of whom areprepared to deliver business-class solutions. Compounding this is the fact that IT decision makers at small and medium enterprises don’t always have the time or expertise to sift through the many DSL and competing technologyservice offerings now available. Educational events such as this seminar series offer a great opportunity for them to learn what’s important to know about a service before making a purchase decision.”
By utilizing ConcentricDSL Teleworker as a high-speed, always on alternative to T1, remote employees and telecommuters can access corporate Local Area Networks (LANs) at speeds up to 50 times faster than 28.8 Kbps modem.
Discussion will focus on educating management professionals on methods for effectively implementing Concentric’s business-grade DSL to maximize benefits, which include increased bandwidth, simplified management, streamlined budgeting with one vendor and one corporate bill, higher speeds at lower costs, multi-line discounts, and broad, nationwide coverage through Concentric’s Tier 1 Internet backbone. Attendees will also gain an in-depth understanding of pertinent DSL issues such as flexibility and expansion of service, security, support, installation, and provisioning to help managers make critical decisions about access solutions.
“The evolution of the Internet has enabled small and medium sized businesses to operate in diverse ways, such as through virtual offices and teleworkers, increasing the need to connect employees via a high-speed, always on access solution,” said Mark Fisher, senior vice president of marketing for Concentric. “These seminars will provide decision makers with a framework for understanding how to effectively implement DSL as a reliable access method for connecting their employees, partners, and even customers.”
Here. There. Anywhere. Locations and Dates
To register, visit http://www.concentric.com/seminar/dslteleworker or call 877.404.1342. The seminars are free to the public and begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. and conclude at noon. Attendees will be eligible to win a free Palm VII.
Dates and locations are as follows:
July 25, 2000 Boston, Mass.
June 27, 2000 Irvine, Calif.
June 28, 2000 Burbank, Calif.
July 18, 2000 Dallas, Tex.
July 19, 2000 Atlanta, Ga.
July 26, 2000 New York, NY
August 1, 2000 Washington, D.C.
August 2, 2000 Chicago, Ill.
About Covad Communications
Covad Communications is the leading national broadband service provider of high-speed Internet and network access utilizing Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology. It offers DSL services through Internet Service providers, telecommunications carriers, enterprises, PC OEMs and ASPs to small and medium-sized businesses and home users. Covad also offers virtual Internet and broadband services through its acquisition of LaserLink.net, a leading provider of branded Internet access.
About Efficient Networks, Inc.
Efficient Networks, Inc., is a leading provider of broadband access products that employ digital subscriber line (DSL) technology. Emphasizing ease of use, the company’s SpeedStreamâ family of DSL products provides high performance remote access for small and medium businesses, branch offices, telecommuters and consumers. Working with DSL service providers worldwide, Efficient is enabling a new generation of broadband applications today. Efficient Networks is based in Dallas, Texas, with sales and support locations around the world. For more information, visit our web site at www.efficient.com.
About Concentric Network Corporation
Concentric Network, an operating unit of NEXTLINK Communications, is a global provider of leading data and Internet services. Together with NEXTLINK, the company offers local and long distance voice, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) access, Web hosting and e-commerce, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), dedicated access, global transit and application infrastructure services for delivering applications over the Internet or a VPN.
NEXTLINK has assembled an unrivaled set of facilities-based broadband networks that, when complete, will serve much of the United States, Canada and Europe. In the United States, NEXTLINK has more than 410,000 metro fiber miles in operation and a 384,000 fiber-mile inter-city network under construction. The Company is also North America’s largest holder of fixed broadband wireless spectrum, with licenses covering 95 percent of the population of the 30 largest U.S. cities and a partnership with licenses covering all of the top cities in Canada. NEXTLINK has also acquired more than 80,000 metro fiber miles in Europe to serve the London, Frankfurt, Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris markets. Additionally, NEXTLINK acquired an 88,000 pan-European fiber network connecting 21 major European cities and transatlantic capacity that will eventually expand to 10 Gbps.
Publicly traded NEXTLINK (NASDAQ: NXLK) is headquartered in McLean, Virginia and Concentric is located in San Jose, California. For more information visit www.NEXTLINK.com or www.concentric.net or contact Public Relations at publicrelations@concentric.com.
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