AGL Networks brings new dark fiber network to Charlotte
Construction on 92- mile network underway
CHARLOTTE – August 20, 2009 - AGL Networks, LLC (AGL Networks), an Atlanta based telecommunications infrastructure provider, announced today the company’s entry into Charlotte, North Carolina.
“We are pleased to be entering the Charlotte market with a new 92 mile fiber backbone network, slated for completion in December,” said Jim Gillis, president, AGL Networks.
AGL Networks provides dedicated dark fiber networks to Enterprise, Wireless and Wireline Carriers. Typically all fiber lines are placed underground for the utmost in network safety, and reliability that our clients require.
“Our aggressive fiber network expansion over the past three years shows our commitment to providing customers with dark fiber network solutions in today’s current economic climate,” said Gillis. “With the amount of bandwidth enterprise customers are requiring today, it becomes increasingly cost efficient for them to manage their own private network.”
The initial 92-mile, high fiber count network in Charlotte will touch carrier POPs and telco-neutral hotels and serve the Central Business District, University Research Park, Ballantyne, South Park, Charlotte/Douglas Airport, and the Coliseum areas. Pre-spliced connections and fiber termination panels (FTPs) in AGL Networks on-net buildings give customers the ability to rapidly deploy bandwidth upgrades to meet existing and future requirements.
The benefits of leasing capacity from AGL Networks include the ease and ability to increase bandwidth on demand, complete route diversity from other providers, enhance network security with an all underground network, provide flexibility in applications that utilize dark fiber and reduce overall telecommunication costs.
This addition, when complete, will give AGL Networks 767 route miles of fiber backbone in 3 principal markets, Atlanta, Phoenix and now Charlotte with over 255 on-net locations. For more information about AGL Networks, visit our website at www.aglnetworks.com
About AGL Networks
AGL Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGL Resources (NYSE: AGL), owns, constructs and operates dark fiber optic networks and provides last mile connectivity between telecommunications service providers and business customers in the United States with large metro fiber footprints in Atlanta, Charlotte and Phoenix and specific turnkey fiber solutions in Kansas City, St Louis, Richmond and Nashville. For more information, visit www.aglnetworks.com.
About AGL Resources
AGL Resources (NYSE: AGL), an Atlanta-based energy services company, serves approximately 2.3 million customers in six states. The company also owns Houston-based Sequent Energy Management, an asset manager serving natural gas wholesale customers throughout North America. As a 70 percent owner in the SouthStar partnership, AGL Resources markets natural gas to consumers in Georgia under the Georgia Natural Gas brand. The company also owns and operates Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, a high-deliverability natural gas storage facility near the Henry Hub in Louisiana. For more information, visit www.aglresources.com.
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