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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
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, high-speed 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 high-speed 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 High-Speed™ Internet access service, and Charter Telephone™ 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'sadvertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More information about
Charter can be found at
www.charter.com.
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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